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pop⋅pet

  [pop-it]
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–noun
1. Also called poppet valve. Machinery. a rising and falling valve consisting of a disk at the end of a vertically set stem, used in internal-combustion and steam engines.
2. British Dialect. a term of endearment for a girl or child.
3. Nautical. any of the vertical timbers bracing the bow or stern of a vessel about to be launched.
4. poppit.
5. poppethead.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; earlier form of puppet

pop⋅pet⋅head

  [pop-it-hed]
–noun
a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.
Also called poppet, puppet.

Origin:
1655–65; poppet + head

pop⋅pit

  [pop-it]
–noun
a usually plastic bead that can be connected to or detached from others of the same kind without hooks or clasps, used to form necklaces, bracelets, etc.
Also, poppet, pop-it.

Origin:
1955–60; from the v. phrase pop it
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pop·pet   (pŏp'ĭt)   
n.  
  1. A poppet valve.
  2. Nautical
    1. A small wooden strip on a gunwale that forms or supports an oarlock.
    2. One of the beams of a launching cradle supporting a ship's hull.
  3. Chiefly British A darling.

[Middle English popet, small child, doll, puppet; see puppet.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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) .
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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poppet 
"small human figure used in witchcraft and sorcery," c.1300, early form of puppet (q.v.). Meaning "small or dainty person" is recorded from c.1386; later a term of endearment.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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