rod

rod
[[t]rɒd[/t]]
n.
1) a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material
2) bot a straight, slender shoot or stem of any woody plant, whether still growing or cut from the plant
3) a slender bar or tube for draping towels over, suspending curtains, etc
4) wam
a) a stick used for measuring
b) a unit of linear measure, 5½ yards or 16½ feet (5.03 m); pole
c) a unit of square measure, 30¼ square yards (25.3 sq m); rood
5) a stick, or a bundle of sticks or switches bound together, used as an instrument of punishment
6) punishment or discipline
7) a staff or scepter carried as a symbol of office, authority, etc
8) authority, sway, or rule, esp. when tyrannical
10) bui
lightning rod
11) anat. one of the rodlike cells in the retina of the eye, sensitive to low intensities of light
Compare cone 5)
12) bui (in plastering or mortaring) a straightedge moved along screeds to even the plaster between them
13) bib bib a branch of a family; tribe. Ps. 74:2; Jer. 10:16
14) sts Slang.
a pistol or revolver
15) sur a collapsible pole, conspicuously marked with graduations, held upright so that it can be read at a distance by a surveyor
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Etymology: bef. 1150; rodd, late OE; akin to ON rudda club

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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