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Webster 1913 Edition
Rod
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.
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.