Associations to the word «Rood»

Wiktionary

ROOD, noun. (archaic) A crucifix, cross.
ROOD, noun. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
ROOD, noun. (UK) (dialect) (obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length.
ROOD GEESE, noun. Plural of rood goose
ROOD GOOSE, noun. (Southwest Scotland) the barnacle goose.
ROOD SCREEN, noun. (architecture) A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix
ROOD SCREENS, noun. Plural of rood screen

Dictionary definition

ROOD, noun. Representation of the cross on which Jesus died.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne