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Definition of Seacocks
1. seacock [n] - See also: seacock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seacocks
Literary usage of Seacocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1876)
"ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF seacocks AND THEIR CONNECTIONS IN STEAMERS.* By HG
SPENCE, Esq., Member. [Read at the Seventeenth Session of the Institution of ..."
2. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"... plosives having been removed, the only means of destroying the fleet was by
opening the seacocks. The ships went down slowly, with the German flag, ..."
3. A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott (1920)
"Actually she was sunk by opening her seacocks to prevent her possible capture.
"The remarkable ability of the battle cruiser Goben, in Turkish waters, ..."
4. Hereward the Wake, "last of the English". by Charles Kingsley (1867)
"He has piled it against the gate, and it should be burnt through by this time.
Go and see." Herluin disappeared with a curse. " Now, you seacocks," said ..."
5. A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott (1920)
"Actually she was sunk by opening her seacocks to prevent her possible capture.
"The remarkable ability of the battle cruiser Gäben, in Turkish waters, ..."
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