n. [ AS. rōd a cross; akin to OS. rōda, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod a measure. ] 1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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 ]

2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. rood red + bok buck. ] (Zool.) The pallah. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rank in growth. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 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. ] 1. (Arch.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flowery roof
Showered roses, which the morn repaired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bell roof,
French roof, etc. (Arch.) See under Bell, French, etc. --
Flat roof. (Arch.) (a) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some Oriental buildings. (b) A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material as allows the water to run off freely from a very slight inclination. --
Roof plate. (Arch.) See Plate, n., 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Roofed p. pr. & vb. n. Roofing. ] 1. To cover with a roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been roofed with vaults or arches. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here had we now our country's honor roofed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who puts on roofs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of covering with a roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. “Fit roofing gave.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mining) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having no roof; as, a roofless house. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]