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ROOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Representation of the cross on which Jesus died
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rood" is a kind of...):
Cross (a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry)
Context examples:
By the rood of Waltham! but thy touch is deft and dainty.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It would be well that you should doff camail and greaves, Sir Nigel, for, by the black rood! it is like enough that we shall have to swim for it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By the black rood!
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was he and the Seneschal of Beaucaire who hung Peter Wilkins, of the Company, last Lammastide; for which, by the black rood of Waltham! they shall hang themselves, if ever they come into our power.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By the rood! cried John, looking around him exultantly, where have we seen since we left such noble cows, such fleecy sheep, grass so green, or a man so drunk as yonder rogue who lies in the gap of the hedge?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
