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rood steeple
(gcide) | Rood \Rood\ (r[=oo]d), n. [AS. r[=o]d a cross; akin to OS.
r[=o]da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod
a measure.]
1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross
with Christ hanging on it.
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Note: Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an
elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his
head, and holding the cross on which the Son is
represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in
the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the
Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the
principal figures.
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Savior, in thine image seen
Bleeding on that precious rood. --Wordsworth.
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2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a
perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
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By the rood, by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in
swearing. "No, by the rood, not so." --Shak.
Rood beam (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church,
supporting the rood.
Rood loft (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which
the rood and its appendages were set up to view. --Gwilt.
Rood screen (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the
body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
--Fairholt.
Rood tower (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave
and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it
was called also rood steeple. --Weale.
Rood tree, the cross. [Obs.] "Died upon the rood tree."
--Gower.
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Rood steeple
(gcide) | Steeple \Stee"ple\ (st[=e]"p'l), n. [OE. stepel, AS. st[=e]pel,
st[=y]pel; akin to E. steep, a.] (Arch.)
A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole
of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. "A
weathercock on a steeple." --Shak.
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Rood steeple. See Rood tower, under Rood.
Steeple bush (Bot.), a low shrub (Spiraea tomentosa)
having dense panicles of minute rose-colored flowers;
hardhack.
Steeple chase, a race across country between a number of
horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant
object, as a church steeple; hence, a race over a
prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one
meets in riding across country, as hedges, walls, etc.
Steeple chaser, one who rides in a steeple chase; also, a
horse trained to run in a steeple chase.
Steeple engine, a vertical back-acting steam engine having
the cylinder beneath the crosshead.
Steeple house, a church. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Rood steeple
(gcide) | Rood \Rood\ (r[=oo]d), n. [AS. r[=o]d a cross; akin to OS.
r[=o]da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod
a measure.]
1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross
with Christ hanging on it.
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Note: Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an
elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his
head, and holding the cross on which the Son is
represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in
the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the
Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the
principal figures.
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Savior, in thine image seen
Bleeding on that precious rood. --Wordsworth.
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2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a
perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
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By the rood, by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in
swearing. "No, by the rood, not so." --Shak.
Rood beam (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church,
supporting the rood.
Rood loft (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which
the rood and its appendages were set up to view. --Gwilt.
Rood screen (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the
body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
--Fairholt.
Rood tower (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave
and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it
was called also rood steeple. --Weale.
Rood tree, the cross. [Obs.] "Died upon the rood tree."
--Gower.
[1913 Webster]Steeple \Stee"ple\ (st[=e]"p'l), n. [OE. stepel, AS. st[=e]pel,
st[=y]pel; akin to E. steep, a.] (Arch.)
A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole
of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. "A
weathercock on a steeple." --Shak.
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Rood steeple. See Rood tower, under Rood.
Steeple bush (Bot.), a low shrub (Spiraea tomentosa)
having dense panicles of minute rose-colored flowers;
hardhack.
Steeple chase, a race across country between a number of
horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant
object, as a church steeple; hence, a race over a
prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one
meets in riding across country, as hedges, walls, etc.
Steeple chaser, one who rides in a steeple chase; also, a
horse trained to run in a steeple chase.
Steeple engine, a vertical back-acting steam engine having
the cylinder beneath the crosshead.
Steeple house, a church. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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