valve lifter

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noun Automotive, Machinery.

(in an internal-combustion engine) a tappet that opens a valve when actuated by a camshaft.

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Such and such a time, such and such a day, then trouble with the valve.
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The valve-seat H has formed on its lower surface two crescent shaped long and narrow slits.
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The valve open while the plunger-pole ascended 20 inches, then went the remainder of the 10-feet stroke expansive.
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The engine boy having fixed the safety-valve while he fished for eels, caused an explosion of the boiler.
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