pet cock
- a variation of petcock.
Example Sentences
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A. Open the pet cock at the top of the syphon before taking the hose down.
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
If glass jars are used the canner must be cooled before opening the pet cock.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
Open pet cock after pointer or gauge has reached zero; test for pressure by opening pet cock slowly at first.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
Blowing the steam from the pet cock is likely to cause a loss of liquid from the partly sealed glass jars.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
With gasoline from a small oil can, Walter injected some of the fluid into the cylinder through the pet cock.
From The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island by Penrose, Margaret
