Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A strongly designed flat-bottomed boat from which Congreve rockets were formerly discharged during a naval bombardment.
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Examples
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He was still ashamed of his collapse from the heat during the travel from the landed rocket-boat to the colony.
Sand Doom Murray Leinster 1935
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Off to the left, the grass was burning in a wide circle around the crater left by the explosion of the rocket-boat.
Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
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"That was just the fuel-tank of a little Class-3 rocket-boat," he said.
Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
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Kalvar Dard and Seldar Glav grabbed the girls and literally threw them through the hatch, into the rocket-boat.
Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
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One by one, they ran forward along the top of the rocket-boat, jumping down to the ground clear of the blaze.
Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
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Winters followed autumns, and springtimes came again, and thus until the twentieth year after the landing of the rocket-boat.
Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
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Over their heads at the other rocket-boat, I could see the gold-gleaming head of the girl I'd met on the ship.
Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934
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They all turned to see one of the ship's rocket-boat bays open; a young Air
Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
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For the ten thousandth time, Dard wished, as he strained his eyes, that somebody had thought to secure a pair of binoculars when they had abandoned the rocket-boat.
Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
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There was no sign of any rocket-boat in either side screen, and the rear-view screen was a blur of yellow flame from the jets.
Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
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