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seacock

[ see-kok ]

noun

Nautical.
  1. a valve in the hull of a vessel for admitting outside water into some part of the hull, as a ballast tank.


seacock

/ ˈːˌɒ /

noun

  1. nautical a valve in the hull of a vessel below the water line for admitting sea water or for pumping out bilge water
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seacock1

First recorded in 1660–70; sea + cock 1
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"The rules of engagement were that if you saw a German opening a seacock or giving orders to others to do so you could order him to stop - and if he refused, you could shoot him," he says.

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Sussex lies to the south of Seacock Swamp on the line dividing Surry "from the county of Southampton, thence a straight course to Blackwater at the mouth of Coppohawk and up Blackwater to the line dividing" Surry from the county of Prince George.

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The fireroom is full of water; but it looks to me as though a seacock had been opened.

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Then Tuckfield opened a seacock, and the forward escape hatch began to fill with water.

The new instructors, with their liberal leanings, proved Dr. Seacock's undoing.

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