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ballcock

noun
/ˈbɔːlkɒk/

Etymology

From ball + cock.

  1. derived from *gew-✻ — “to bend, curve, arch”
  2. inherited from *kukkaz✻ — “mass, bulge, swelling”
  3. inherited from *kokk✻
  4. inherited from *cocc✻ — “heap, pile”
  5. inherited from cokke
  6. compounded as ballcock — “ball + cock”

Definitions

  1. A floating sphere, attached to a lever, that controls the level of liquid in a cistern.

The neighborhood

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