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单词 vine-rod
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vine-rod
vine-rod n. a rod of vine-wood, spec. as the staff of a Roman centurion.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 406 For the Centurion hath the honour to carie in his hand a Vine-rod.
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 263/1 They may get a vine-rod, that is, a centurion's place.
1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 20 Others showed him the scars of their wounds, others again the marks of the centurion's vine-rod.
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