ROCHELIME
Roche"lime`, n. Etym: [F. roche rock + E. lime.]
Defn: Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime. [Eng.]
ROCHELLE
Ro*chelle", n.
Defn: A seaport town in France. Rochelle powders. Same as Seidlitz powders. — Rochelle salt (Chem.), the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and is called also Seignete's salt.
ROCHE MOUTONNEE
Roche" mou`ton`née". Etym: [F., sheep-shaped rock.] (Geol.)
Defn: See Sheepback.
ROCHET
Roch"et, n. Etym: [F., dim. fr. OHG. rocch coat, G. rock.]
1. (Eccl.)
Defn: A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies. They see no difference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet. Burke.
2. A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. [Obs.] Rom. of R.