ROD


Meaning of ROD in English

n. 25B6; noun

an iron rod : BAR, stick, pole, baton, staff; shaft, strut, rail, spoke.

the ceremonial rod : STAFF, mace, sceptre.

instruction was accompanied by the rod : CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, the cane, the lash, the birch; beating, flogging, caning, birching.

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