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rood

UK/ɹuːd/ US/ˈrud/ uncommon archaic obsolete uk

noun

1.

a hand shovel for shoveling coal

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Origin

From Middle English rode, rood (“cross”), from Old English rōd (“cross”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”). Cognate with German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), Norwegian roda (“rod”). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.

Phrases

  • by the rood
  • holy rood
  • rood beam
  • Rood End
  • rood goose
  • rood screen

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