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1690 Act 2 Will. & Mary c. 4 Every Hundred Weight of Iron slit or hammered into Rods, commonly known by the Name of Rod Iron.

1720 Let. to Member Parl. concerning Naval-store Bill 12 No Forge..shall be erected..for the making, working, or converting any Sows, Pigs, or cast Iron, into Bar or Rod-Iron.

1799 J. Barnes Let. 20 June in T. Jefferson Papers (2004) XXXI. 130 You have..recd letter of advice, and shipment of Rod Iron from Mr Roberts.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Pl. 48 The rod screw for the auger, four feet.

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §84 To have Norfolk thumb latches..and eight-inch rod bolts.

1868 F. H. Joynson Metals in Constr. 58 Hammered and rolled into the various sections known in commerce as bar, rod iron, and the like.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 220/2 Rod Lead... In this form it is used in the manufacture of compressed bullets.

1897 Outing 30 371/1 I..unfolded my patent rod-lock, and left my wheel supported by this device.

1951 A. L. Hunt Confessions 40 Armed with a long spear of rod iron, we ‘diggers’ tested these hillocks for gum.

1991 R. Cooke Paintball 34/1 The pump is twin-sided and attached by twin brass rod-bolts.