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A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line.
See under Valve.
A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.
See Snifting valve.
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Having a valve or valve; valvate.
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A little valve; a valvelet.
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Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule.
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One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
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One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
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Of or pertaining to a valve or valves; specifically (Med.), of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease.
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One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
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A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.
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An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.
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A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.
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A small valvelike process.
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One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
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A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.
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Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
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Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
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A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
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