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The minister, curled up in the bow on a rather uncomfortable cushion of anchor and roding, caught glimpses of the receding shore over the crests behind.

From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

Lashed to the wind'ard buoy I was by a length of roding line, to my knees in water the better part of the time, and busy enough with the bailing.

From The Trawler by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

Reference has already been made to the now obsolete use of nets for the capture of these birds when "roding."

From Birds in the Calendar by Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George)

He cut the roding just as Lonesome reached tide mark.

From Cape Cod Stories by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

This "roding" is a curious performance on the part of the males only, and it bears some analogy to the "drumming" of snipe.

From Birds in the Calendar by Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George)