attributive and in the genitive. Designating a type of sea valve which is manually opened outward, and when not in use is kept closed by the…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > valve or sea-cock (4) Kingston1837 attributive and in the genitive. Designating a type of sea valve which is manually opened outward, and when not in use is kept closed by the… sea-cock1855 In a marine steam-engine (see quot. 1858). sea-valve1895 ‘any one of several valves in the bottom or side of a steamship communicating with the sea below the water-line’ (Cent. Dict.). Subcategories:— part of (1) |
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