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petcock

or pet cock

[ pet-kok ]

noun

  1. a small valve or faucet, as for draining off excess or waste material from the cylinder of a steam engine or an internal-combustion engine.


petcock

/ ˈɛˌɒ /

noun

  1. a small valve for checking the water level in a steam boiler or draining condensed steam from the cylinder of a steam engine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of petcock1

1860–65; pet, perhaps < French pet ( petard ) + cock 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of petcock1

C19: from pet 1or perhaps French pet, from éٱ to break wind + cock 1
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Unlike the Revel, it broke down constantly, teaching me new vocabulary words like “idle jet,” “petcock” and “lean oil mixture.”

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A mechanic discovered that the car’s petcock - a small valve at the bottom of the radiator - had been loosened, and the water had leaked out.

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A mechanic discovered that the car’s petcock — a small valve at the bottom of the radiator — had been loosened, and the water had leaked out.

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Once that has been solidly coursing for 10 minutes, cap the vent with the petcock.

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Let’s start with the elephant, a.k.a. the pressure canner: hulking and heavy with gaskets, dials, clamps and something called a petcock.

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