Rood
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
(2): ( n.) A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.
(3): ( n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
King James Dictionary [2]
Rood, n. a different orthography of rod, which see.
1. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods. See Acre. 2. A pole a measure of five yards a rod or perch. Not used in America, and probably local in England.
Rood, n. The cross or an image of Christ, of the virgin Mary and a saint or St. John, on each side of it.
