The word 'rod' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used as a noun to refer to a thin, straight stick or bar used as a tool or support. It can also be used as a verb meaning to catch or control with a rod or fishing rod. Example: I used a sturdy metal rod to prop up the sagging fence. Example: He enjoyed nothing more than spending a day on the riverbank, patiently trying to rod in a big catch.
"The whole 'spare the rod, spoil the child' [mentality] is very monolithic".
The army has always been a lightning rod in this respect.
MPs have criticised the company for a "flawed" approach that they say has left thousands of disabled people wrongly denied benefits, and which has become a lightning rod for criticism of the government's welfare reforms.
Officially endorsed third-party peripherals included Agetec's Bass Landing fishing rod (which adventurous players also used with fighting games) and the bizarre Namco NeGcon controller, with a twisty middle section designed for racing titles.
At last, the mine-driver's boring rod punched through the sandstone from the Kinneil side into the cavity of the Valleyfield pit.
Layton dips what is known as the "punty" iron – a long iron rod – into the furnace and "gathers" some molten glass on the end.
Many have wondered how A-Rod, a first-time offender, could receive a suspension north of that total.
In October of 2012 A-Rod asked Bosch to come to Detroit where he was playing in the American League Championship Series - the peptides and human growth hormone he delivered were little help - he had just one hit in nine at-bats as the Yankees were swept by the Tigers.
In the dark, by contrast, perception is handled almost exclusively by the more sensitive rod-like cells towards the retina's periphery.
Bosch also claimed to have personally injected A-Rod during the period he was working for him.
Little changed on Saturday, when Fredric Horowitz, the independent arbitrator presiding over dispute between A-Rod and Major League Baseball, issued a decision reducing the suspension to 162 games.
