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Rock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A large mass of stony matter, usually compounded of two or more simple minerals, either bedded in the earth or resting on its surface. Sometimes rocks compose the principal part of huge mountains; sometimes hugh rocks lie on the surface of the earth, in detached blocks or masses. Under this term, mineralogists class all mineral substances, coal, gypsum, salt, etc.

2. In Scripture, figuratively, defense; means of safety; protection; strength; asylum.

3. The Lord is my rock 2 Samuel 22:2 .

4. Firmness; a firm or immovable foundation. Psalms 28:1 .

5. Matthew 7:24 . Matthew 16:18 .

6. A species of vulture or condor.

7. A fabulous bird in the Eastern tales.

8. A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, from which the thread is drawn in spinning.

Rock [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To be moved backwards and forwards; to reel.

2. The rocking town supplants their footsteps.

Rock [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To move backward and forward, as a body resting on a foundation; as, to rock a cradle; to rock a chair; to rock a mountain. It differs from shake, as denoting a slower and more uniform motion, or larger movements. It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory motion of something suspended.

2. A rising earthquake rock'd the ground.

3. To move backwards and forwards in a cradle, chair, etc.; as, to rock a child to sleep.

4. To lull to quiet.

5. Sleep rock thy brain. [Unusual.]

Rock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. See Roc.

2. A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.

3. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.

4. Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.

5. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.

6. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.

7. The striped bass. See under Bass.

Rock [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.

2. To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

Rock [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.

2. To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.

Rock Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

Palestine, being a mountainous country, had also many rocks, which formed a part of the country’s defence; for in time of danger the people retired to them, and found a refuge against any sudden irruption of the enemy. The Benjamites took shelter in the rock Rimmon, Judges xx, 47. Samson kept garrison in the rock of Etham, Judges xv, 8. David found shelter in the rocks of Maon, Engedi, &c, 1 Sam. xxii, 1; xxiii, 25, 28; xxiv, 2–5. Jerom says that the southern parts of Judea were full of caves under ground, and of caverns in the mountains, to which the people retired in time of danger. The Kenites dwelt in the hollow places of the rocks, Num. xxiv, 21. Even at this day the villages of this country are subterraneous, or in the rocks. Josephus in several places speaks of hollow rocks, where thieves and robbers had their haunts; and travellers still find a great number of them in Palestine, and in the adjoining provinces. Toward Lebanon, the mountains are high, but covered in many places with as much earth as fits them for cultivation. Among the crags of the rocks, the beautiful and far-famed cedar waves its lofty top, and extends its powerful arms, surrounded by the fir and the oak, the fig and the vine. On the road to Jerusalem, the mountains are not so lofty nor so rugged, but become fitter for tillage. They rise again to the south-east of Mount Carmel; are covered with woods, and afford very picturesque views; but advancing toward Judea, they lose their verdure, the valleys become narrow, dry, and stony, and terminate at the Dead Sea in a pile of desolate rocks, precipices, and caverns. These vast excavations, some of which will contain fifteen hundred men, are the grottoes of Engedi, which have been a refuge to the oppressed or the discontented in all ages. ...

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
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Rock island Encyclopedia Britannica

ROCK ISLAND a city of the United States, the capital of Rock Island county, Illinois, is situated opposite Davenport on the left bank of the Mississippi, about 3 miles above the mouth of the Rock river and at the foot of the Upper Rapids, which extend for about 16 miles. Distant by rail 181 miles west of Chicago and 247 miles north of St Louis, Rock Island is one of the great centres of railroad and river traffic. With Davenport (in Iowa) it is connected by a two-story road and railway bridge constructed by the Government in 1870. Among the public buildings are a large public library and St Augustana College, founded by the Swedish Lutherans. Glassworks, a plough factory, a distillery, flour-mills, and a stove factory are the principal industrial establishments. The city, however, is best known from the great national arsenal situated on the island from which it derives its name. This island is a ridge of limestone rock about 3 miles long and with an area of 960 acres. As the site of Fort Armstrong it became known in the Black Hawk War; the prison was used for the detention of Confederate prisoners during the Civil War; and since that date the Government has constructed the present extensive works, intended to be the central United States armoury. There are ten vast stone workshops, each with a stone house in the rear, as well as officers’ quarters, offices, &c. The population of Rock Island city was 5130 in 1860, 7890 in 1870, and 11,659 in 1880. Its charter dates from 1849.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 20, p. 616
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Rock shaft Webster's Dictionary 1913

A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft.

Rock staff [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.

Rock-alum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The purest kind of alum. [ See Roche -alum.

2. A cavity or artificial bason cut in a rock for the purpose, as is supposed, of collecting the dew or rain for ablutions and purifications prescribed by the druidical religion.

Rock-butter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A subsulphite of alumin, oozing from aluminous rocks.

Rock-crystal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The most perfect variety of silicious earth or quartz; limpid quartz. When purest it is white or colorless, but it is found of a grayish or yellowish white, pale yellow or citron. Its most usual form is that of hexagonal prisms, surmounted by hexagonal pyramids.

2. A species of deer.

Rock-rose [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant of the genus Cistus.

Rock-ruby [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A name sometimes given to the garnet, when it is of a strong, but not a deep red, and has a cast of blue.

Rock-salt [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Fossil or mineral salt; salt dug from the earth; muriate of soda. But in America, this name is sometimes given to salt that comes in large crystals from the West Indies, which salt is formed by evaporation from sea water, in large basons or cavities, on the isles. Hexahedral rock-salt occurs foliated and fibrous.

2. Ligniform asbestus.

3. Stones fixed in mortar in imitation of the asperities of rocks, forming a wall.

4. A natural wall of rock.

Rockaway Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Moved one way and the other.

Rocked [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Rock

Rockelay [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Rocklay

Rocker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who rocks the cradle; also, the curving piece of wood on which a cradle or chair rocks.

Rocker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

2. One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.

3. 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.

4. A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.

5. A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.

6. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

7. Same as Rock shaft.

Rockered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel.

Rockery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.

Rocket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An artificial fire-work, consisting of a cylindrical case of paper, filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal and sulphur. This being tied to a stick and fired, ascends into the air and bursts.

2. A plant of the genus Brassica. There is also the bastard rocket of the genus Reseda; the corn rocket and the sea rocket of the genus Bunias; the marsh rocket the water rocket and the winter rocket of the genus Sisymbrium; and the dame's violet rocket of the genus Hesperis.

3. A species of Gobius.

Rocket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

2. Damewort.

3. Rocket larkspur. See below.

4. 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.

5. A blunt lance head used in the joust.

Rocket [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.

Rocket Encyclopedia Britannica

ROCKET. See Ammunition and Pyrotechny; for the use of rockets to rescue the shipwrecked see Lifeboat, vol. xiv. p. 572.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 20, p. 615
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Rocketed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Rocket

Rocketer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.

Rocketing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Rocket

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Genesis 49:24

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Exodus 17:6

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Exodus 33:21

And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

Exodus 33:22

And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Leviticus 11:5

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Numbers 20:8

Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”

Numbers 20:10

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”

Numbers 20:11

And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

Numbers 24:21

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

Deuteronomy 8:9

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

Deuteronomy 8:15

Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

Deuteronomy 14:7

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18

Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Deuteronomy 32:30

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

Deuteronomy 32:37

And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,