rocket drift (roketdrift)

In pyrotechny, a copper-tipped wooden rammer which is driven by a mallet in packing the composition in the cases of rockets. IMG:content-2404.png:[blocks in formation] A goat which makes an ibex. Holland. Same as kelp - goose. ing backward and forward.-2. The abrading of the surface of a copper or steel plate with a rocker, preparatory to scraping a mezzotint. -3. The motion by which the design on a steel mill is transferred to a copper cylinder to be used in calico-printing. Compare mill1, 7. rocking3 (rok'ing), n. [ On Fasten-e'en we had a rock in ', To ca' the crack and weave our stock in'. Burns , First Epistle to J. Lapraik.