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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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ROCKET, n. Also rockat; rocquet (Uls. 1904 E.D.D.). A loose upper garment, specif. a surplice of linen worn by a bishop, a rochet (s.Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poet. Gl., rockat). Also in Eng. dial. Hist. or arch.Sc. 1716 West Country Intelligence (18–21 Feb.) 10:
The Bishops in their Rockets.Sc. 1808 Scott Marmion vi. xi.:
With mitre sheen, and rocquet white.Sc. 1828–43 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 326:
The palls, copes, rocquets, crosiers, censers, and church plate, were still more sumptuous.