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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poppet  \Pop"pet\,  n. 
  1.  See  {Puppet}. 
 
  2.  (Naut.)  One  of  certain  upright  timbers  on  the  bilge  ways, 
  used  to  support  a  vessel  in  launching.  --Totten. 
 
  3.  (Mach.)  An  upright  support  or  guide  fastened  at  the  bottom 
  only. 
 
  {Poppet  head},  {Puppet  head}.  See  {Headstock} 
  a  . 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puppet  \Pup"pet\,  n.  [OE.  popet,  OF  poupette;  akin  to  F. 
  poup['e]e  a  doll,  probably  from  L.  puppa,  pupa,  a  girl,  doll, 
  puppet.  Cf  {Poupeton},  {Pupa},  {Pupil},  {Puppy}.]  [Written 
  also  {poppet}.] 
  1.  A  small  image  in  the  human  form  a  doll. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  poppet 
  n  :  a  mushroom-shaped  valve  that  rises  perpendicular  from  its 
  seat;  commonly  used  in  internal-combustion  engines  [syn: 
  {poppet  valve}]




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