(archaic) A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
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A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
Perhaps, however, he could ensure against being completely alone by cultivating the few roods of garden wished upon him.
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(Chester, historical) An area of sixty-four square yards.
13th century, Edmund of Abingdon (or Anonymous); reproduced in Carleton Fairchild Brown (ed.), English Lyrics of the XIIIth Century (1932), p. 1, from Bodl. MS. Arch. Selden 74, f.55v:
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