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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The shell or chamber around a rotating cylindrical valve, or a conical plug-valve, in which the ports or openings are formed which the valve is to control.
- noun The shell or body of the valve in globe- or gate-valves, within which are formed the contact areas or seating of the valve.
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