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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Rod
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(1):
(n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
(4):
(n.) An instrument for measuring.
(5):
(n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
(6):
(n.) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
(7):
(n.) A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole.