stop valve (stopvalv)

1. In hydraul., a valve which closes a pipe against the pa age of fluid. It is usually a disk which occupies a chamber above the pipe when the pa ageway through the latter is open, and is driven down by a screw to stop the aper ture. 2. In steam-engines, a valve fitted to the steam pipes, where they leave the several boilers, in such a way that any boiler may be shut off from the others and from the engines. stop-watch (stop'woch), n. A watch which records small fractions of a second, and in which the hands can be stopped at any instant, so as to mark the exact time at which some event occurs: chiefly used in timing races. 5969 Branch with Flowers of Storax ( Styrax Californica). a, a leaf, showing nervation. of the sweet-gum, Liquidambar styracistua, in the hotter parts of its habitat. It is better known in Europe than in the United States, where it is perhaps most used for making chewing-gum. Storax liquid a [cometh] from Rhodes. He suspended his voice in the epilogue a dozen times, three seconds and three fifths by a stop - watch , my lord, each time. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iii. 12. stop-water (stop'water), n. [ stop1 , v., + Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 277. obj. water .] 1. Naut . , a drag.-2. A plug of Storax ointment. See ointment . soft wood driven tightly into a hole at the storax-tree (stō'raks-trē), n. Same as storax , 2. joint of a scarf, the expansion of which, when storelt, a. A Middle English form of stoor1 . immersed, prevents water from working up store2t, v. A Middle English form of stoor2 . through the scarf and behind the bottom planking. In building iron ships a piece of canvas covered with red lead is used to make water-tight joints where calking is difficult.