Rood

n.	1.	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.
	2.	A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.
	3.	The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods. By the rood by the cross; - a phrase formerly used in swearing. Rood beam (Arch.) a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood. - Shak. Rood loft (Arch.) a loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendages were set up to view. Rood screen (Arch.) a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed. - Gwilt. 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. - Fairholt. Rood tree the cross. - Weale.

Noun

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rood - representation of the cross on which Jesus died Synonyms: crucifix, rood-tree

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