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A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
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A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.
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n.
An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color.
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.
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.
n.
A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
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A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
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A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
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A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
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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.
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Damewort.
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A blunt lance head used in the joust.
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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.
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A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
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n.
Rocket larkspur. See below.
v. i.
To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
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