Tigerwood roadstaff to his stay
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Jump to navigationJump to search- tigerwood: wood from one of several species of tropical hardwood, wood that have notable striped patterns.
- roadstaff: walking stick. Hand-carved tigerwood walking sticks were a luxury item in the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries.
- stay: support
- rod and staff: tools of the shepherd. Psalm 23, 'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.'