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(construction) An ample space left at the foot of foundation walls for the sake of dryness.
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Alternative spelling of air brick [(architecture) A brick-sized block with holes which is embedded in a wall to allow ventilation through it.]
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(proscribed) A ballcock valve.
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A floating sphere, attached to a lever, that controls the level of liquid in a cistern.
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A plug that prevents water from escaping from a bath.
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(mining, chiefly historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.
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Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
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A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle.
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An appliance allowing the provision of hose connections outside of buildings.
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(Britain) A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
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A tee pipe fitting with female connections on the two straight ends and a male connection on the branch.
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A machine that makes fuel briquets.
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A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
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A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
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A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool.
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(mining) The removable cover of the opening giving access to a pump valve.
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A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
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The tap (of a pair) that produces cold water (the other being the hot tap)
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A protective measure applied to the exterior of building foundation walls to prevent rising damp
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(firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
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A valve used to change the flow of fluid through a system of pipes.
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An oxygen tank used in scuba diving
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A plug or tap of a vessel.
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A tap or valve used to draw off water (or other liquid) from the lowest part of a tank, boiler etc.
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Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
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A pipe for forcing into the earth.
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A main vertical pipe, usually kept empty, intended to distribute water to multiple levels of a building in the event of a fire.
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(roofing) The practice of providing regularly spaced or continuously protected openings along a roof edge or perimeter, used as part of a ventilation system to dissipate heat and moisture vapor.
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(Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
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A device for faucets/taps which mixes air with water to reduce the flowrate.
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(engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
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(plumbing) A flapper valve.
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A kind of valve used in toilets, water softeners, etc. to create a watertight seal in the tank that holds water until it needs to be flushed, at which point the valve is raised.
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A cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and now for various other purposes.
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A person or organization employed in fracking.
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(countable) A length of hose as above, usually with a male connector on one end and a female connector on the other end, which can carry water from a hose bib (a water faucet or spigot usually located on an exterior wall of a house or other building) for use on a garden or lawn.
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A cylindrical vessel capable of containing a compressed gas at high pressure.
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Alternative form of gasfitter [A person who installs and services gas fixtures and appliances.]
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A person who installs and services gas fixtures and appliances.
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The installation and servicing of gas fixtures and appliances.
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A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.
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(automotive) A kind of automobile muffler in which the exhaust gas passes straight through the center of the muffler. It consists of a smaller tube centered inside a larger tube that is enlarged or swollen in the middle, the gap between tubes being filled with fiberglass.
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A device, such as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions.
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A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
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(colloquial) A pair of miniature valves right next to each other on a wall, connecting through the wall to the household plumbing, used to provide water to a washing machine. (They are usually red and blue, with the red one delivering hot water and the blue one delivering cold water.)
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(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
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(UK, South Africa, Southern US) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.
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One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
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The tap (of a pair) that produces hot water (the other being the cold tap)
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The method of making a connection to existing piping or pressure vessels without interrupting or emptying the section being connected to.
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An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
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To concentrate a stream of water into a small area
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An inflatable rubber tube inserted into the casing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
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Any of several devices that use a jet of water or abrasive mixture to clean something
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Alternative form of lick spout [A spout or nipple supplying drinking water to a small caged animal.]
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A hose or pipe, of any size.
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A standardized system of small-scale fluid fittings used for making leak-free connections between a male-taper fitting and its mating female part on medical and laboratory instruments.
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The pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.
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A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
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A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.
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A tap in which the amount of hot and cold water emerging from a single outlet can be independently varied, usually with a lever
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A plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
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(plumbing, chiefly US) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
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(engineering) A valve closure member (disk, gate, plug, etc.).
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A pipe serving as an outlet.
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Any gas used to provide a modified atmosphere for a product.
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(brewing, historical) An upright plug for the drain of a mash tun.
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A small valve, spout, or faucet operated by hand, usually used to release pressure or drain fluid.
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A short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smokebox of a locomotive, to equalize the draft.
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A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of fluid.
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Plumbing, a system of pipes.
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A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.
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A narrow space between walls through which plumbing is run.
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Alternative form of pipefitter [An industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems]
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Synonym of plumber's snake
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A prefabricated portion of pipework and fittings, for ease of installation.
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A device used to join two pipes by drawing together flanges fitted over their ends
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A device or mechanism for clearing obstructions in a pipe.
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Alternative form of pipage [Plumbing, a system of pipes.]
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An industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems
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The work of a pipefitter.
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Formed by pipejacking.
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The laying of pipes or a pipeline.
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One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, for water, gas, etc.
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Any system of pipes or tubes; piping
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A person who installs pipework (in factories, power stations etc)
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A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
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A tapering valve which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
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A large plug, usually of cement, used to shut off an oil well.
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One who installs piping for potable and waste water.
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A long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other obstructions.
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(obsolete, uncountable) The business of a plumber; plumbing
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The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building.
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A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
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The stem and valve head in a poppet valve.
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(plumbing) A component used to connect two pipes of different bores.
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A downpipe; a drainpipe.
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A tee pipe fitting with female connections on one straight end and the branch, and a male connection on the other straight end.
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A pipe formed so as to be a seal against the passage of gases.
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A stopcock opened and closed by means of a screw instead of a spigot.
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(historical) A pipe of leather, etc., attached to the mouth of a scupper on the outside, to let the water run out and keep water from entering.
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A smaller pipe from a main pipe to a dwelling.
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A wet-dry vacuum cleaner that can vacuum up wet material, liquids, and conventional dry mass, dust, dirt, sand, etc. and may be used as a makeshift pump in emergencies.
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(US) A faucet designed to be installed horizontally on the outside wall of a building, typically to attach a hose.
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A tool for unclogging plumbing.
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A pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe.
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(pipe technology) The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit.
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A pipe that sprays water, due to a series of small holes
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Alternative spelling of spigot [A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.]
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A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
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A flanged rubber or foam ring that covers the spud nut on the flush mechanism of a toilet, cushioning the tank-bowl juncture to prevent leaks.
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(drilling) The initial drilling of a well; a test drilling.
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An annular reinforcement in a steam boiler, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
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(by extension) A vertical pipe used as an overflow protection drain in certain domestic plumbing fixtures (e.g. flush toilets).
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An industrial machine designed to produce a hammer action through steam power.
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A person qualified to handle the installation and maintenance of pipes that carry steam.
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(countable) A part used in the piping for steam.
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Alternative form of stopcock [A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.]
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A valve that may be turned to regulate the flow of fluid through a pipe (especially water through a mains supply)
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Fitted with a stopcock.
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A kind of hose coupling that connects using interlocking hooks and flanges, and is often used for fire hoses.
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(idiomatic) To collect or store information in a compartmentalized manner, so that some parties who might be interested in its use or ability to utilize it are restricted from accessing it.
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In plumbing, a fitting that turns a corner (typically at an angle of 90, 45 or 22.5 degrees) and has a male connection at one end and a female connection at the other.
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a pipe connector which forms a junction in the shape of a T.
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(US) An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration)
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The application of a tampon or plug.
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The stopper of a barrel; a bung.
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A device used to dispense liquids.
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The fixtures used to dispense water at a sink, shower, or bathtub, consisting of a spout or shower head and control devices such as knobs or levers.
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(Britain, New Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
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A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
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(transitive, mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.
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Alternative spelling of tewel [(now rare) A vent or chimney or pipe, especially one leading into a furnace or bellows.]
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A tap or faucet that regulates the flow of a fluid.
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(obsolete) A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.
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A tee pipe fitting with female connections on all three ends.
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A kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground.
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Obsolete form of ventail. [(historical) Synonym of aventail (“mail curtain or flap, on a helmet or a mail coif, that protects the lower face and neck”)]
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A heat exchanger in the form of plates sealed into a block through which water can run, used in water-cooled computer systems.
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An attachment fitted to a hose to produce a spray.
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A pipe or tube that conveys water.
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A valve or tap for the drainage of accumulated fluid from musical instruments such as trombones or trumpets; a spit valve.
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A pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing.
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A spout connected to a socket to provide water from the main water supply.
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A pipe through which water flows, for example in a building.
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A valve with multiple connections that permits bleeding a large line through several subordinate lines.
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