ˈturncockn.

Etymology: < turn v. + cock n.¹

†1. A stop-cock of which the plug is turned to open or close it. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > others

washer1596

turncock1702

air cock1709

Jack-in-the-box1728

runner1754

stop-valve1829

three-way cock1838

ball valve1839

relief valve1846

poppet valve1851

plunger valve1854

pot-lid1856

reflux valve1857

screw-down1864

mica valve1880

tide flap1884

tube-valve1884

swing-tap1892

relay valve1894

Schrader1895

pilot valve1900

mixer valve1904

spool valve1908

spill valve1922

safety valving1930

three-way1939

1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 42 At every Floor there may be a turn-cock with a Skrew.

1756 S. Hales in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 320 When, by means of a turn-cock, a gallon of water was two minutes in running, then the heat was 140.

2. A water-works official entrusted with the turning on of the water from the mains to supply-pipes, etc.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > utility service workers > [noun] > official in charge of water supply > who turns on water

turncock1711

1711 in J. O. Halliwell Some Acct. Coll. Bills (1852) 27 Christmas Boxes,..Turncock, 2s. 6d.

1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship xvii. 78 No Turncocks to be found—all the Water at a stop.

1863 Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 July 494/2 A meditative turncock..gives the fire-plug a disparaging wrench.

1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. 56 The turncock..turned and turned till a fountain sprang up in the middle of the street.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	turncock
释义	ˈturncockn. Etymology: < turn v. + cock n.¹ †1. A stop-cock of which the plug is turned to open or close it. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > others washer1596 turncock1702 air cock1709 Jack-in-the-box1728 runner1754 stop-valve1829 three-way cock1838 ball valve1839 relief valve1846 poppet valve1851 plunger valve1854 pot-lid1856 reflux valve1857 screw-down1864 mica valve1880 tide flap1884 tube-valve1884 swing-tap1892 relay valve1894 Schrader1895 pilot valve1900 mixer valve1904 spool valve1908 spill valve1922 safety valving1930 three-way1939 1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 42 At every Floor there may be a turn-cock with a Skrew. 1756 S. Hales in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 320 When, by means of a turn-cock, a gallon of water was two minutes in running, then the heat was 140. 2. A water-works official entrusted with the turning on of the water from the mains to supply-pipes, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > utility service workers > [noun] > official in charge of water supply > who turns on water turncock1711 1711 in J. O. Halliwell Some Acct. Coll. Bills (1852) 27 Christmas Boxes,..Turncock, 2s. 6d. 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship xvii. 78 No Turncocks to be found—all the Water at a stop. 1863 Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 July 494/2 A meditative turncock..gives the fire-plug a disparaging wrench. 1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. 56 The turncock..turned and turned till a fountain sprang up in the middle of the street. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1702
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