01 n. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
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A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.“Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding on that precious rood.” — Wordsworth.
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2.
A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.[Prov. Eng.]
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3.
The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
Phrases & compounds
By the rood —
by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in swearing.
Rood beam —
a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
Rood loft —
a loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendages were set up to view.
Rood screen —
a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
Rood tower —
a tower at the intersection of the nave and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it was called also rood steeple.
Rood tree —
the cross.