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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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ROCK'ET, n.
ROCK'ET, n. [L. eruca.] A plant of the genus Brassica. There is also the bastard rocket, of the genus Reseda; the corn rocket and the sea rocket, of the genus Bunias; the marsh rocket, the water rocket, and the winter rocket, of the genus Sisymbrium; and the dame's violet rocket, of the genus Hesperis.
A cruciferous plant (Eruca
sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
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.
A blunt lance head used in the
joust.
Congreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket for use in war, invented by Sir William Congreve. It may be used either in the field or for bombardment; in the former case, it is armed with shells or case shot; in the latter, with a combustible material inclosed in a metallic case, which is inextinguishable when kindled, and scatters its fire on every side. To rise straight up] said of
birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
[Eng.]
An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. H. R. Haggard. | ||||||||