Valve

valv, n. A door; esp., a folding door, or one of the leaves of such a door; a lid, cover, plate, disk, plug, ball, membrane, etc., lifting, turning, sliding, oscillating, etc., automatically or otherwise, in a pipe or in connection with a port or aperture, to permit or prevent the pa age of a fluid, esp. to permit pa age in one direction and prevent return (see Pump); one of the separable parts of a capsule, pod, or pericarp, or of the shell of a mollusk. — Valved, valvd, a. Having valves; composed of valves.— Valv'ular, -u- 15r, a. Of, or pert, to, valves; containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by means of valves. — Valvrule, -Hi, n. A little valve. — Valv'ate, -at, a. Resembling or serving as a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves.