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.
Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding on that
precious rood. --Wordsworth.
2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a
perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]
3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
{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.