Rontgen rays

pl. The same as Roentgen rays, (q. v.). rood, *rode, roode, s . [The same word as rod (q. v.). A. S. ród a rod, a gallows, a cro ; cogn. with O. Fris.rode ; O.S.róda =gallows, cro ; Dut. roede a rod, a perch, a wand; O. H. Ger. riuti =a rod of land; Ger. rut he ; Lat. rud is a rod, a staff.] *1. A cro . "Heo brogte oure Lord Jhesu to dye on the rode." Robert of Gloucester, 61. 2. A cro or crucifix; spec if., a representation of the crucified Savior, or, more generally, of the Trinity, placed in Catholic churches over the altar screen, hence termed the rood-screen. The rood consisted of the three persons of the Trinity, the Son being represented as crucified. Generally figures of the Virgin and St. John were placed at a slight distance on each side of the principal group, in reference to John xxix. 26. ""Now, by the rood , my lovely maid, Your courtesy has erred,' he said." Scott: Lady of the Lake, i. 22. IMG:content-0720.png:[blocks in formation] "[He] lith ygrave under the rode - beem ." Chaucer: C. T. , 6,078. rood-cloth, s . Eccles.: A black or violet cloth with which the rood was covered during Lent. *rood-free, a. Exempt from punishment.