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poppet

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pop=pet

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun poppet has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

poppetn. 
  •  See Puppet.  [1913 Webster]
  •  One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.  Totten.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.  [1913 Webster]
  •  same as poppit.  [PJC]
Poppet head, Puppet head. See Headstock (a).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

poppet, n.
1 Brit. colloq. (esp. as a term of endearment) a small or dainty person.
2 (in full poppet-head) the head of a lathe.
3 a small square piece of wood fitted inside the gunwale or washstrake of a boat.

Idiom
poppet-head Brit. the frame at the top of a mine-shaft supporting pulleys for the ropes used in hoisting. poppet-valve Engin. a mushroom-shaped valve, lifted bodily from its seat rather than hinged.
Etymology
ME popet(te), ult. f. L pup(p)a: cf. PUPPET
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