Rod

·noun An instrument for measuring.

II. Rod ·noun A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.

III. Rod ·noun An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.

IV. Rod ·noun A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet;

— called also perch, and pole.

V. Rod ·noun A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.

VI. Rod ·noun A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).

VII. Rod ·noun A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, ·etc.; a connecting bar.