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.
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