valve vs wicket

valve

noun
  • One of the leaves of a folding-door, or a window-sash. 

  • One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. 

  • One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce. 

  • One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. 

  • A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit. 

  • A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe. 

  • One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction 

  • A vacuum tube. 

  • A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry. 

verb
  • To control (flow) by means of a valve. 

wicket

noun
  • A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one. 

  • An angle bracket when used in HTML. 

  • Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven. 

  • A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to. 

  • A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating. 

  • A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs. 

  • A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller 

  • A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out. 

  • The pitch. 

  • a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc. 

  • One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman. 

  • The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand. 

  • A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen. 

  • The period during which two batsmen bat together. 

  • The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working. 

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