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Poppet

noun
1.
A mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines.  Synonym: poppet valve.





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... was Gilbert then, and he was baby. Moreover, she gradually became so indescribably quaint and bewitching and comical and saucy that every one sought diminutives for her; nicknames, fond names, little names, and all sorts of words that tried to describe her charm (and couldn't), so there was Poppet and Smiles and Minx and Rogue and Midget and Ladybird and finally Nan and Nannie by degrees, ...
— Mother Carey's Chickens • Kate Douglas Wiggin


Words linked to "Poppet" :   internal-combustion engine, ice, valve, poppet valve


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