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r, 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.

e, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like. "Romances that been royal." Chaucer. Upon these three columns -- chivalry, gallantry, and religion -- repose the fic…

Rising; -- applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.

Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.

A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle. [Obs.]

A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.

the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. -- Salt pit, a pit where salt is obtained or made. -- Salt rising, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] -- Salt raker, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. -- Salt sedative (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] -- Salt spring,…

Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites. -- a.

A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.

A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current. [U.S.]

A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.

A genus of reodents comprising the common squirrels.

A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

a lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.

as color, taste, odor, etc. -- Secondary quills or remiges (Zoöl.), the quill feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a row continuous with the primaries; -- called also secondaries. See Illust. of Bird. -- Secondary rocks or strata (Geol.), those lying between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary…

Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.

Comprising sentences; as, a sentential translation. Abp. Newcome.

Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] "Sententious marks." Grew. --- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.

A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.