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Pup′pet.


1. (Turning.) A standard rising vertically from the bed or shears of a lathe and holding the centers on which the work is placed to revolve. In the ordinary lathe the head-stock has also a mandrel and grooved wheel to which motion is imparted by a band. The puppets are also known as head and tail stocks.

2. A disk-valve having a stem and vertical motion to and from its seat.

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