n. [ AS. rōd a cross; akin to OS. rōda, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod a measure. ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Savior, in thine image seen
Bleeding on that precious rood. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
By the rood,
Rood beam (Arch.),
Rood loft (Arch.),
Rood screen (Arch.),
Rood tower (Arch.),
Rood tree,
n. [ D. rood red + bok buck. ] (Zool.) The pallah. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Rank in growth. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been roofed with vaults or arches. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Here had we now our country's honor roofed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. rof, AS. hr&unr_;f top, roof; akin to D. roef cabin, Icel. hr&unr_;f a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS. hr&unr_;st roof, Goth. hr&unr_;t. Cf. Roost. ]
The flowery roof
Showered roses, which the morn repaired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bell roof,
French roof
Flat roof. (Arch.)
Roof plate. (Arch.)
n. One who puts on roofs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a.
n. A small roof, covering, or shelter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]