rod : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
  common mullein; woolly mullein; great mullein; torch; flannel mullein; Verbascum thapsus.
  

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Aar"on's rod`

Etymology

See Exodus vii. 9 and Numbers xvii. 8

Definitions

1. (Arch.) A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
2. (Bot.) A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.

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• noun a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
  birch.
  
  • my father never spared the birch

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• noun a rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft)
  

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• (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.

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• noun a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction
  

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• (Elec.), a bent wire, with knobs at both ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See Discharger.

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• noun forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil
  water finder; dowser; divining rod; waterfinder.
  

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• a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.

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• noun forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil
  water finder; dowser; divining rod; waterfinder.
  

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• noun carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels
  drill steel.
  

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• the rod that connects as eccentric strap with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric.

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• noun a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line
  fishing pole.
  

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• a long slender rod, to which is attached the line for angling.

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• (Shipbuilding), a gauge rod used to try the depth of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the bolt required. Knight.

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• (Mining), horizontal or inclined connecting rods, for transmitting motion to pump rods at a distance. Raymond.

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• noun a long flexible fishing rod used in fly fishing
  

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• a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.

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• a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc.

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Gau"ging rod`

Definitions

1. See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n.

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• an usher belonging to the Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as official messenger of the House of Lords.

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Gold"en-rod` noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago.

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• (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.

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• noun a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration
  hot rod.
  

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• noun a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration
  hot rod.
  

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• noun asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
  

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• a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; used in the engines of river steamboats.

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• noun someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
  
• noun a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning
  lightning conductor.
  

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• a metallic rod set up on a building, or on the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or vessel from lightning.

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• a twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which catches; a snare. Chaucer.

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• noun measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
  measuring stick; measure.
  

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• noun a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier
  Napier's bones.
  

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Na"pi*er's bones`, Na"pi*er's rods` (Also<

• Napier's bones
• Napier's rods

)

Definitions

1. A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.

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• a metal rod that connects the crank pins of two or more driving wheels; called also couping rod, in distinction from the connecting rod. See Illust. of Locomotive, in App.

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• noun connecting rod that moves or is moved by a piston
  

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• a rod by which a piston is moved, or by which it communicates motion.

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• (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.

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• the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod.

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• noun a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
  rod; retinal rod.
  

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• noun a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
  rod; retinal rod.
  

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• noun Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
  Rodney George Laver; Laver.
  

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• adjective satellite formed like a bacillus
  bacilliform; bacillar; baculiform; bacillary.
  
• adjective satellite resembling a rod
  rodlike.
  

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• (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical.

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• (Bot.), the small teasel.

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• . (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See Parallel rod, under Parallel.

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• (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold.

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• noun a fishing rod designed for casting a spinning lure
  

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• a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place.

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• noun a rod that holds a stair-carpet in the angle between two steps
  

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• a rod which acts as a stay, particularly in a steam boiler.

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• a pump rod. See under Pump.

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• (Engin.), an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.

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• a lightning rod. R.

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• noun either of two rods that link the steering gear to the front wheels
  

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Tie"-rod noun

Definitions

1. A rod used as a tie. See Tie.

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• to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application.

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• a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss.

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• a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.

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Withe"-rod` noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.

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