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Martin writes:
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| Then again most people here didn't know what a rod or a rood was.
| There was somebody using a rod as a square measurement when a rod is a linear
| measurement.

From the OED:

A measure of length, equal to 5 yards or 16.5 feet;

A measure of area: A square perch or pole;

I had to learn such things, when I was a stripling.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.