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poppet

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Noun

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pop=pet

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun poppet has 1 sense

poppet(n = noun.artifact) poppet valve - a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines; Array

is a part of ice, internal-combustion engine

is a kind of valve

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CIDE DICTIONARY

poppet, n.

See Puppet. [1913 Webster]
One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching. Totten. [1913 Webster]
An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only. [1913 Webster]
same as poppit. [PJC]

Poppet head, Puppet head. See Headstock (a).

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

poppet, n.
1 Brit. colloq. (esp. as a term of endearment) a small or dainty person.
2 (in full poppet-head) the head of a lathe.
3 a small square piece of wood fitted inside the gunwale or washstrake of a boat.

Idiom

poppet-head Brit. the frame at the top of a mine-shaft supporting pulleys for the ropes used in hoisting. poppet-valve Engin. a mushroom-shaped valve, lifted bodily from its seat rather than hinged.

Etymology

ME popet(te), ult. f. L pup(p)a: cf. PUPPET

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