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snifting valves

snifting valves is the plural of snifting valve.

Meaning of snifting valve

Noun

snifting valve (plural snifting valves)

  1. A small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke.
    • The small mounting behind the chimney of many L.N.E.R. locomotives is the "snifting" valve, or vacuum relief valve, provided to keep the superheater elements cool when the engine is running with steam shut off. When the engine is steaming, these valves, which are carried in small chambers...1946 March and April, “The Why and The Wherefore: Snifting Valves”, in Railway Magazine, page 127

Questions about snifting valves

What is snifting valves the plural of?
Snifting valves is the plural of snifting valve.

Words near snifting valves in the dictionary

  1. snifterers
  2. sniftering
  3. snifters
  4. snifting
  5. snifting valve
  6. snifting valves
  7. snifts
  8. snig
  9. snigg
  10. snigged
  11. snigger

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