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De - Pt| English Dictionary: four-way | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Four-way \Four"-way`\, a. Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. --Francis. {Four-way cock}, 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. | |
