Sentence example with the word 'stopcock'

stopcock

Definition n. faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid

Last update: October 16, 2015


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The "Regency portable fountain," patented in 1825 by Charles Plinth, was the prototype of the modern siphon, from which it differed in having a stopcock in place of a spring valve.   [Please select]

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Exhaustion is exhaustion; and if you exhaust a vessel by one stopcock, nothing is gained or saved by closing that and opening another.   [Please select]

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He knew every inch of plumbing; where every shut-off, valve, ventilator, and stopcock was located.   [Please select]

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"On the upper part of this tank is a platinum tube provided with a stopcock."   [Please select]

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Allow me to turn the stopcock of the cylinder, and we'll not be long in descending.'   [Please select]

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=--The plug of the stopcock occasionally falls out and is broken.   [Please select]

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The plug is now inserted in the stopcock, and turned with a gentle pressure.   [Please select]

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