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* '''roadstaff:''' walking stick. Hand-carved tigerwood walking sticks were a luxury item in the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries.
 
* '''roadstaff:''' walking stick. Hand-carved tigerwood walking sticks were a luxury item in the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries.
 
* '''stay:''' support
 
* '''stay:''' support
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* '''rod and staff:''' tools of the shepherd. Psalm 23, 'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.'

Latest revision as of 01:46, 12 February 2015

  • tigerwood: wood from one of several species of tropical hardwood, wood that have notable striped patterns.
  • roadstaff: walking stick. Hand-carved tigerwood walking sticks were a luxury item in the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries.
  • stay: support
  • rod and staff: tools of the shepherd. Psalm 23, 'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.'