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A History of the County of Gloucester
… and a fallow. 58 The common meadows of the tithing were Rod meadow, adjoining the river west of Hamstalls, Dole (or …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… by the DOZEN See also BASKET CHAIR, BASKET LACE, BASKET ROD, BASKET SALT, FLASKET, SPORT, TAPNET, WISKET. Sources: … GROSS, LB, OUNCE Sources: Inventories (early). Basket rod [rods basket; basket-rod] A straight, slender shoot or wand, cut from a tree or …
Old and New London
… in the school-room, with five boys standing near him. The rod is a prominent object, as in other school seals, which … "Qui parcit virgam odit filium" ("He who spares the rod spoils the child"). A fac-simile of the seal, in cast …
Survey of London
… with "James Maxwell Esquire, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod," who had a "House near Charing Crosse" in 1644 ( …