BLACK ROD, a staff carried by the king's gentleman-usher, as a badge of his office: this rod or staff is black, and has a lion in gold on its top. See USHER.
BLACK ROD
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BLACK ROD, a staff carried by the king's gentleman-usher, as a badge of his office: this rod or staff is black, and has a lion in gold on its top. See USHER.