Tappet rod


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Tap´pet rod


1. (Mech.) A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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