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• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)  , a twig or shoot of a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree or See also:

• BUSH

bush, especially a straight slender stick or wand used as an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument of See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, or as an See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement, usually composed of several See also:

• JOINTS

joints, for See also:

• ANGLING

angling or fishing . The See also:

• TERM

term is thus applied to a See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, slender in proportion to its length, used as a tie, See also:

• BRACE (through the Fr. from the plural of the Lat. bracchium, the arm)
• BRACE, CHARLES LORING (1826-189o)
• BRACE, JULIA (1806-1884)

brace or connecting See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft between different parts of a See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine . It is See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in the titles, showing the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of their wands of office, of the gentlemen ushers of the three See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• BRITISH

British orders of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood, the ushers of the Garter and St See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick being " Ushers of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

Rod," and of the See also:

• THISTLE

Thistle " See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green Rod." The use of a rod as a measuring implement has given rise to the use of the word for a measure of length= 5i yds. or 162 ft.; this length is also named a See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole or See also:

• PERCH (through Fr. from Lat. perca, Gr. 7rEpKo; the last word is connected with 2repev6r, dark-coloured, spotted)
• PERCH (through Fr. perche from Lat. pertica, a pole or rod used for measurement)

perch, the origin of the application being the same as in " rod "; as a measure of See also:

• AREA

area, a rod=a square pole or perch, 304 square yds.=2724 square ft., 16o rods=l See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

acre .