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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: a An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov. xiii. 24. b A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. ``The rod, and bird of peace.'' --Shak. c A support for a fishing line a fish pole. --Gay. d (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar. e An instrument for measuring. 2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also {perch}, and {pole}. {Black rod}. See in the Vocabulary. {Rods and cones} (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rod n 1: a long thin implement made of metal or wood 2: any rod-shaped bacterium 3: (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn: {perch}, {pole}] 4: a square rod of land [syn: {perch}, {pole}] 5: visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light [syn: {rod cell}, {retinal rod}] 6: (slang) a gangster's pistol [syn: {gat}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: ROD Rewritable Optical Disk OD
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