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▪ I. ˈwater-ˌrocket1 ? Obs.
[rocket n.1]
A name applied to certain aquatic species of Nasturtium.
1633Gerarde's Herbal ii. x. 248 Eruca aquatica Water Rocket. c1710,1796[see rocket n.2]. 1861Mrs. Lankester Wild Flowers 33 There are several other species of nasturtium native in England:..the Water-rocket (N. terrestre).
▪ II. ˈwater-ˌrocket2
[rocket n.3]
1. Pyrotechny. A rocket constructed to be discharged in the water.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Rocket, Method of making a Water-Rocket. 1749H. Walpole Let. to Mann 17 May, Then from boats on every side were discharged water-rockets and fires of that kind. 1844Alb. Smith Adv. Mr. Ledbury i, Like the water-rockets at the Surrey Zoological Gardens.
2. (See quot. 1907.)
1905A. R. Wallace My Life II. 162 The upper fall, which in its ever-changing vapour-streams and water-rockets is wonderfully beautiful. 1907V. Cornish in Geogr. Jrnl. Jan. 28 The break-up of a high waterfall into conical masses was described by Livingstone, who compares them to ‘small comets.’ They have also been called ‘water-rockets.’ |
