Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poppet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Poppet \Pop"pet\, n.
1. See {Puppet}.
2. (Naut.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways,
used to support a vessel in launching. --Totten.
3. (Mach.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom
only.
{Poppet head}, {Puppet head}. See {Headstock}
(a) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puppet \Pup"pet\, n. [OE. popet, OF. poupette; akin to F.
poup['e]e a doll, probably from L. puppa, pupa, a girl, doll,
puppet. Cf. {Poupeton}, {Pupa}, {Pupil}, {Puppy}.] [Written
also {poppet}.]
1. A small image in the human form; a doll.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
poppet
n : a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicular from its
seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines [syn:
{poppet valve}]
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