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noun
Stopcock  n.  
1.
A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc.
2.
The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet. (R.)





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"Stopcock" Quotes from Famous Books



... to be raised. The steam vessels were connected to this pipe by other valves, also opening upwards, and by pipes. Over the steam vessels was placed a cistern, which was kept filled with cold water. From this proceeded a pipe with a stopcock. This cistern was termed the condensing cistern, and the pipe could be brought over each steam vessel alternately from the boiler. Now, suppose the tubes to be filled with common air, and the regulator placed so that one tube and the boiler are made to communicate, ...
— Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects • John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness


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