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Rocket
n.
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Rocket larkspur. See below.
Rocket
n.
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An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.
Rocket
n.
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A blunt lance head used in the joust.
Rocketed
imp. & p. p.
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of Rocket
Rocketing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Rocket
Rocket
v. i.
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To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
Rocketer
n.
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A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
Rockfish
n.
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Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod, and garrupa.
Rockfish
n.
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The striped bass. See Bass.
Rockfish
n.
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Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the genus Epinephelus.
Rockfish
n.
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An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
Rockiness
n.
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The state or quality of being rocky.
Rocking
a.
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Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking.
Rocking-horse
n.
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The figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride.
Rocking-stone
n.
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A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force.
Rockless
a.
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Being without rocks.
Rockling
n.
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Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels.
Rockrose
n.
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A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.
Rock shaft
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A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft.
Rock staff
v. i.
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An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
Rocksucker
n.
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A lamprey.
Rockweed
n.
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Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.
Rockwood
n.
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Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.
Rockwork
n.
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Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough.
Rockwork
n.
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A rockery.
Rocky
a.
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Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
Rocky
a.
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Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.
Rocky
a.
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Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.
Rocoa
n.
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The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.
Rococo
n.
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A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.