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Webster 1913 Edition


Rod

Rod

,
Noun.
[The same word as
rood
. See
Rood
.]
1.
A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Specifically:
(a)
An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
He that spareth his
rod
hateth his son.
Prov. xiii. 24.
(b)
A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
“The rod, and bird of peace.”
Shak.
(c)
A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
Gay.
(d)
(Mach. & Structure)
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
(e)
An instrument for measuring.
2.
A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; – called also
perch
, and
pole
.
Black rod
.
See in the Vocabulary.
Rods and cones
(Anat.)
,
the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rod

ROD

,
Noun.
[L. radius, ray, radix, root.]
1.
The shoot or long twig of any woody plant; a branch, or the stem of a shrub; as a rod of hazle, of birch, of oak or hickory. Hence,
2.
An instrument of punishment or correction; chastisement.
I will chasten him with the rod of men. 2Sam. 7. Prov. 10.
3.
Discipline; ecclesiastical censures. 1Cor. 4.
4.
A king of scepter.
The rod and bird of peace.
5.
A pole for angling; something long and slender.
6.
An instrument for measuring; but more generally, a measure of length containing five yards, or sixteen feet and a half; a pole; a perch. In many parts of the United States, rod is universally used for pole or perch.
7.
In Scripture, a staff or wand. 1Sam. 14.
8.
Support.
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Ps. 23.
9.
A shepherd's crook. Lev. 27.
10.
An instrument for threshing. Is. 28.
11.
Power; authority. Ps. 125.
12.
A tribe or race. Ps. 74.
Rod of iron, the mighty power of Christ. Rev. 19. Ps. 2.

Definition 2024


ród

ród

See also: rod, Rod, röd, and rød

Hungarian

Noun

ród

  1. second-person singular (single possession) possessive of

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ród
accusative ródat
dative ródnak
instrumental róddal
causal-final ródért
translative róddá
terminative ródig
essive-formal ródként
essive-modal ródul
inessive ródban
superessive ródon
adessive ródnál
illative ródba
sublative ródra
allative ródhoz
elative ródból
delative ródról
ablative ródtól

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rót (cognate with Welsh rhawd (course, career)).

Pronunciation

Noun

ród m (genitive singular róid, nominative plural róid)

  1. road, roadstead
  2. route
  3. (sailing) anchorage
  4. (sailing) mooring

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • "ród" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 1 rót” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rodъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rut/

Noun

ród m inan

  1. family
  2. house

Declension