Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The valve at the bottom of a boiler or a mud-drum through which the mud or sediment precipitated from the water may be removed by blowing off the water under pressure, or by washing. In the United States it is called the blow-off valve.
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Examples
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There is a sludge-cock _G_ at the bottom of the generating tank.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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The generating tank is provided with a sludge-cock
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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There is an agitator for the residuum and a sludge-cock through which to remove same.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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There is a sludge-cock _F_ at the base of the generator.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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Apparatus which is supposed to be automatic should be made perfectly automatic, the water or the carbide-feed being locked automatically before the carbide store, the decomposing chamber, or the sludge-cock can be opened.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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For instance, it must not be necessary to shut a certain tap, or to manipulate several cocks before opening the carbide vessel to recharge it; it must not be possible for gas to escape backwards out of the holder; and either the carbide-feed gear or the water-supply mechanism (as the case may be) must be automatically locked by the mere act of taking the cover off the carbide store, or of opening the sludge-cock at the bottom.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
bilby commented on the word sludge-cock
Now now, be nice.
March 18, 2011