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rood

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rood  \Rood\  (r[=oo]d),  n.  [AS.  r[=o]d  a  cross;  akin  to  OS 
  r[=o]da,  D.  roede  rod,  G.  ruthe,  rute,  OHG.  ruota.  Cf  {Rod} 
  a  measure.] 
  1.  A  representation  in  sculpture  or  in  painting  of  the  cross 
  with  Christ  hanging  on  it 
 
  Note:  Generally,  the  Trinity  is  represented,  the  Father  as  an 
  elderly  man  fully  clothed,  with  a  nimbus  around  his 
  head,  and  holding  the  cross  on  which  the  Son  is 
  represented  as  crucified,  the  Holy  Spirit  descending  in 
  the  form  of  a  dove  near  the  Son's  head.  Figures  of  the 
  Virgin  Mary  and  of  St  John  are  often  placed  near  the 
  principal  figures. 
 
  Savior,  in  thine  image  seen  Bleeding  on  that 
  precious  rood.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  2.  A  measure  of  five  and  a  half  yards  in  length;  a  rod;  a 
  perch;  a  pole.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  3.  The  fourth  part  of  an  acre,  or  forty  square  rods. 
 
  {By  the  rood},  by  the  cross;  --  a  phrase  formerly  used  in 
  swearing.  ``No,  by  the  rood,  not  so.''  --Shak. 
 
  {Rood  beam}  (Arch.),  a  beam  across  the  chancel  of  a  church, 
  supporting  the  rood. 
 
  {Rood  loft}  (Arch.),  a  loft  or  gallery,  in  a  church,  on  which 
  the  rood  and  its  appendages  were  set  up  to  view.  --Gwilt. 
 
  {Rood  screen}  (Arch.),  a  screen,  between  the  choir  and  the 
  body  of  the  church,  over  which  the  rood  was  placed. 
  --Fairholt. 
 
  {Rood  tower}  (Arch.),  a  tower  at  the  intersection  of  the  nave 
  and  transept  of  a  church;  --  when  crowned  with  a  spire  it 
  was  called  also  {rood  steeple}.  --Weale. 
 
  {Rood  tree},  the  cross.  [Obs.]  ``Died  upon  the  rood  tree.'' 
  --Gower. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rood 
  n  :  image  of  cross  on  which  Jesus  died  [syn:  {crucifix},  {rood-tree}]




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