单词 | rocket-stick |
释义 | > as lemmasrocket-stick rocket-stick n. now historical = stick n.1 5c.In quot. 1884 with allusion to to rise like a rocket and fall like a stick at Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xli How to proportion the Rocket-Poles and Sticks. 1817 H. Clarke & J. Dougall Cabinet of Arts xx. 595 In this top, make as many square or round holes to receive the rocket-sticks, as you intend to have rockets. 1884 J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London II. xxvi. 273 He had just discovered that he could not end with ‘Frederick’ like a rocket-stick. 1988 P. Haythornthwaite Wellington's Specialist Troops 20/2 A spear head to turn a seven-foot rocket-stick into a lance if necessary. < as lemmas |
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