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Black rod
(gcide) | Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See Rood.]
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.
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He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.
xiii. 24.
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(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.
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2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --
called also perch, and pole.
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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.
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Black Rod
(gcide) | Black Rod \Black" Rod`\
(a) the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from
the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's
chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. [Eng.]
(b) An usher in the legislature of British colonies.
--Cowell.
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Committed to the custody of the Black Rod.
--Macaulay.
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Black Rod
(gcide) | Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See Rood.]
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.
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He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.
xiii. 24.
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(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.
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2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --
called also perch, and pole.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Black Rod \Black" Rod`\
(a) the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from
the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's
chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. [Eng.]
(b) An usher in the legislature of British colonies.
--Cowell.
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Committed to the custody of the Black Rod.
--Macaulay.
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Gentleman usher of the black rod
(gcide) | Gentleman \Gen"tle*man\, n.; pl. Gentlemen. [OE. gentilman
nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. F. gentilhomme.]
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1. A man well born; one of good family; one above the
condition of a yeoman.
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2. One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
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3. (Her.) One who bears arms, but has no title.
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4. The servant of a man of rank.
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The count's gentleman, one Cesario. --Shak.
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5. A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the
plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular
assemblies, etc.
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Note: In Great Britain, the term gentleman is applied in a
limited sense to those having coats of arms, but who
are without a title, and, in this sense, gentlemen hold
a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a
more extended sense, it includes every man above the
rank of yeoman, comprehending the nobility. In the
United States, the term is applied to men of education
and good breeding of every occupation.
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Gentleman commoner, one of the highest class of commoners
at the University of Oxford.
Gentleman usher, one who ushers visitors into the presence
of a sovereign, etc.
Gentleman usher of the black rod, an usher belonging to the
Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as
official messenger of the House of Lords.
Gentlemen-at-arms, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the
sovereign on state occasions; formerly called {gentlemen
pensioners}. [Eng.]
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