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Superficial measures have been estimated, and so may continue to be, in squares of the measures of length, except in the case of lands, which have been estimated by squares, called roods and acres.

Reports and Opinions While Secretary of State 1892

Superficial measures have been estimated, and so may continue to be, in squares of the measures of length, except in the case of lands, which have been estimated by squares, called roods and acres.

Public Papers 1775

Curtained with hangings of bronze garlanded beads with a sculpture of brass roods suspended above the bubbling square basin at its center, exuding a mood of Zen-inspired tranquility the 'Pool Room' is the Four Seasons principal dining space.

Michael Henry Adams: "Haven't You Ever Been to the Four Seasons?": Fall Fun at NY's Most Famous Eatery Michael Henry Adams 2010

With lengths allowed in cubits, furlongs, roods and other measures

Pooh, Lord Copper and the TLS 2009

January 22, 2008 at 1:50 pm yabbutz teh roods wuns gotsta stay in kwarantine until you kan

an nex I wants - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

It seemed a tree of extraordinary magnitude and picturesque beauty, and stood just where there appeared to be a few roods of open ground lying among huge stones, which had rolled down from the mountain.

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

The Return shows the holding, in acres, roods and poles, and estimated yearly rental valuation, of all holdings over 1 acre.

Archive 2008-10-01 Thatsnews 2008

The Return shows the holding, in acres, roods and poles, and estimated yearly rental valuation, of all holdings over 1 acre.

Unique Irish Records Collections released by Familyrelatives.com Thatsnews 2008

It is with this sole purpose, and disclaiming all intention of purchasing that pendicle or poffle of land called the Carlinescroft, lying adjacent to my garden, and measuring seven acres, three roods, and four perches, that I have committed to the eyes of those who thought well of the former tomes, these four additional volumes of the Tales of my Landlord.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

Instead, he drifted, he lay on his bed in a world of waking dreams: memories of the past, conflagrations, conversations, conflations, certain animals poisoned and dying with exquisite restraint, racked bodies on splintered roods, a hair shirt fashioned from nerve ganglia, a mason jar of freshblood-the disconnected images from his past played on the screen of his mind like a magic-lantern show.

Dance Of Death Preston, Douglas 2005