FOUR-WAY COCK

  

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FOUR-WAY COCK

Definition: FOUR-WAY COCK

FOUR-WAY COCK

1. 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. In the illustration, a leads to the upper end of a steam engine cylinder, and b to the lower end; c is the steam pipe, and d the exhaust pipe.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: FOUR-WAY COCK

English words defined with "FOUR-WAY COCK": Four-wayRotary valve. (references)

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Anagrams: FOUR-WAY COCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-f-k-o-o-r-u-w-y"

-5 letters: cracky, croaky, cuckoo, curacy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FOUR-WAY COCK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4F 55 52 2D 57 41 59      43 4F 43 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001111 01010101 01010010 00101101 01010111 01000001 01011001 00100000 01000011 01001111 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#79 &#85 &#82 &#45 &#87 &#65 &#89 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004F 0055 0052 002D 0057 0041 0059      0043 004F 0043 004B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4049555215573559237493745

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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