Vocabulary : Rock staff to Rocketer

Rock staff : An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
Rockaway : Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side.
Rocked : of Rock
Rockelay : Alt. of Rocklay
Rocker : One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle. ;; One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks. ;; Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water. ;; A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse. ;; A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair. ;; A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle. ;; Same as Rock shaft.
Rockered : Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel.
Rockery : A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.
Rocket : A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. ;; Damewort. ;; Rocket larkspur. See below. ;; 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. ;; To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
Rocketed : of Rocket
Rocketer : A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
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