Noah Webster
Rood
ROOD, noun [a different orthography of rod, which see.]
1. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods. [See Acre.]
2. A pole; a measure of five yards; a rod or perch. [Not used in America, and probably local in England.]
ROOD, noun The cross; or an image of Christ, of the virgin Mary and a saint or St. John, on each side of it.