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Valve
·noun One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
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Shell
·noun A <<Pod>>.
II. Shell ·vi To fall off, as a shell, crust, ·etc.
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shell
In artillery, a hollow iron shot containing explosive materials, whether spherical, elongated, eccen...
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Blow valve
·- ·see Snifting valve.
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D valve
·- A kind of slide valve. ·see Slide valve, under <<Slide>>.
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Foot valve
·add. ·- A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; ·esp., such a valve in a steam-e...
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Kingston valve
·- A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a...
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Pilot valve
·add. ·- A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand.
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Shunt valve
·add. ·- A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue of escape than normally; specif....
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blow-valve
A valve by which the first vacuum necessary for starting a steam-engine is produced.
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bucket-valve
In a steamer's engine, is a flat metal plate filling up the passage between the air-pump and the con...
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discharge-valve
In the marine engine, is a valve covering the top of the barrel of the air-pump, opening when presse...
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expansion-valve
In the marine engine, a valve which shuts off the steam in its passage to the slide-valves, when the...
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foot-valve
A flat plate of metal filling up the passage between the air-pump and condenser. The lower valve of ...
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safety-valve
A conical valve on the top of the steam-chest, communicating with the boiler of a steam-engine, and ...
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snifting-valve
In the marine engine (see tail-valve).
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tail-valve
A valve in the air-pump at the opposite side from the condenser, and connected with the latter by a ...
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throttle-valve
A valve in the steam-pipe of an engine for preventing the escape of steam, or regulating the velocit...
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Acorn-shell
·noun One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. ·see <<Barnacle>>.
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Argus shell
·- A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peaco...
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Ark shell
·- A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.
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Boat shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
II. Boat shell ·- A marine gastropod of the genus Cr...
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Bubble shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
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Ear-shell
·noun A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis;
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Fig-shell
·noun A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.
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Goroon shell
·- A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).
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Hard-shell
·adj Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
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Ioqua shell
·- The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, b...
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Maara shell
·- A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used...
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Mail-shell
·noun A <<Chiton>>.
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Mask shell
·- Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.
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Pouch-shell
·noun A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
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Rice-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
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Shell-lac
·noun ·Alt. of <<Shellac>>.
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Shell-less
·adj Having no shell.
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Slit-shell
·noun Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a d...
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Soft-shell
·adj ·Alt. of Soft-shelled.
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Spur-shell
·noun Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. Th...
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Tongue-shell
·noun Any species of Lingula.
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Top-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochi...
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Torpedo shell
·add. ·- A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the b...
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Trough-shell
·noun Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. ·see <<Mactra>>.
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Tube-shell
·noun Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
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Tulip-shell
·noun A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern...
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Turban-shell
·noun A sea urchin when deprived of its spines;
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Turnip-shell
·noun Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, som...
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Turtle-shell
·noun The turtle cowrie.
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Tusk-shell
·noun ·see 2d Tusk, ·noun, 2.
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Wedge-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in w...
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Wing-shell
·noun Any pteropod shell.
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Worm-shell
·noun Any species of Vermetus.
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Wreath-shell
·noun A marine shell of the genus Turbo. ·see <<Turbo>>.
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oat-shell
n.
the shell of various species of Columbella, a small marine mollusc used for necklaces.
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rice-shell
n.
The name is applied elsewhereto various shells; in Australia it denotes the shell of variousspec...
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rosary-shell
n.
In Europe, the name isapplied to any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. In Australia...
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shell-grinder
n.
another name for the Port-Jackson Shark (q.v.).
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tooth-shell
n. The name is applied, inEurope, to any species of Dentalium and allied generahaving a tooth-shaped...
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to shell out
means to hand over money.
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clam-shell
The lips, or mouth. There is a common though vulgar expression in New England, of "Shut your clam-sh...
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blind-shell
One which, from accident or bad fuze, has fallen without exploding, or one purposely filled with lea...
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bomb-shell
A large hollow ball of cast-iron, for throwing from mortars (distinguished by having ears or lugs, b...
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crow-shell
A fresh-water mussel.
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live-shell
One filled with its charge of powder or other combustible. It is also called a loaded shell.
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loaded-shell
A shell filled with lead, to be thrown from a mortar. The term is also used for live-shells.
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mail-shell
A name for the chiton.
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segment-shell
For use with rifled guns; an elongated iron shell having very thin sides, and built up internally wi...
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shell-fish
A general term applied to aquatic animals having a hard external covering or shell, as whelks, oyste...
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shell-room
An important compartment in ships of war, fitted up with strong shelves to receive the shells when c...
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shell, shrapnel
See shrapnel shell.
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shrapnel shell
Invented by General Shrapnel to produce, at a long range, the effect of common case; whence they hav...
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Double-beat valve
·- ·see under <<Valve>>.
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blow-through valve
A valve admitting steam into the condenser, in order to clear it of air and water before starting th...
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internal safety-valve
A valve opening from the outside of a steamer's boiler, in order to allow air to enter the boiler wh...
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slide-valve casing
A casing on one side of the cylinder of an engine, which covers the nozzles or steam-ports, and conf...
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slide-valve rod
A rod connecting the slide-valves of an engine, to both of which it is joined; it passes through the...
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roman-lamp shell
name given in Tasmania to abrachiopod mollusc, Waldheimia flavescens, Lamarck.
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tortoise-shell fish
See hand-fish.
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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