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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Rocket

Rŏck'et, n.

noun

n. [It. rocchetta, from rocca, a distaff; Ger. rackete, rakete, Dan. & Sw. raket. See ROCK.]

  1. An artificial firework, consisting of a cylindrical case of paper filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur. This being tied to a stick and fired, the case and stick are projected through the air by a force arising from the combustion.
  2. A piece of wood used to blunt the end of a lance in a tournament, to prevent it from doing injury. New Am. Cyc.

Rŏck'et, n.

noun

n. [Fr. roquette, Sp. ruqueta, It. ruchetta, Pr. & It. ruca, Sp. & Pg. oruga, Ger. rauke, from Lat. eruca.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Eruca. E. sativum, or garden rocket, is sometimes eaten on the continent of Europe as a salad, when young and tender. Baird.

☞ The name is also applied to plants of the genus Hesperis. The sea-rocket is of the genus Cakill. Gray.

Rocket larkspur (Bot.), the plant Delphinium ajacis.

An elongated rocket shown with a rounded, patterned head and a long narrow shaft.
Rocket, (L.)