Definition of rocket

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Rocket (n.) 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..

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Brock :: Brock (n.) A brocket.
Brocket :: Brocket (n.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.
Rocketing :: Rocketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rocke.
Spittle :: Spitter (n.) A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket..
Rocket :: Rocket (n.) 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..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick..
Rocket :: Rocket (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below.
Water Rocket :: Water rocket () A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
Sea Rocket :: Sea rocket () See under Rocket.
Rocket :: Rocket (n.) A blunt lance head used in the joust.
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) Crockets. See Crocket.
Bombardment :: Bombardment (n.) An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place..
Rocket :: Rocket (v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
Damewort :: Damewort (n.) A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet..
Rocketer :: Rocketer (n.) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket..
Sprod :: Sprocket wheel () Same as Chain wheel.
Water Rocket :: Water rocket () A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.
Chain Wheel :: Chain wheel () A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc..
Crocketed :: Crocketed (a.) Ornamented with crockets.
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