rood — ozdic

Collocations

2

ADJ.

royal

ROOD + NOUN

beard

Definitions

noun

1

A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.

The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.

Have you forgot me? No, by the rood, not so.

2

A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.

Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; (so a fool finds mirth, / Makes a thing and then mars it, till his mood / Changes and off he goes!) within a rood— / Bog, clay and rubble, sand and stark black dearth.

[…] a bumptious fool whose god was property, not property in vast estates such as a true man might worship, but in paltry roods.

3

An area of sixty-four square yards.

4

A measure of five and a half yards in length.

Thus Satan […] his other parts besides / Prone on the flood, extended long and large, / Lay floating many a rood […]

5

The human face.

Nou goth sonne under wode,— Me reweth, Marie, thi faire Rode. Nou goth sonne under tre,—

name

1

A surname.

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Synonyms

noun — representation of the cross on which Jesus died

crucifix
rood-tree

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, l

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02

Have you forgot me? No, by the rood, not so.

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03

By holy rood, a royal beard! / How say you? we have slept, my lords. / My beard has grown into my lap.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, rood is marked as archaic, obsolete, historical, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.