"clack valve" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1946 March and April, “The Why and The Wherefore: Clack-Boxes”, in Railway Magazine, page 129",
          "text": "The connecting pipe between a locomotive injector and the boiler, through which the water is forced into the boiler against the steam pressure within, is provided with a \"clack-valve,\" which allows the water to pass in the inward direction only and not the outward; this is housed in a \"clack-box\". No question of \"advantages or disadvantages\" attaches to the use of a clack-box; it is a necessary part of locomotive equipment.",
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        {
          "ref": "1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class \"9\" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 420",
          "text": "The feed water enters the back and cool end of the preheater and passes forward to the front and hot end, after which it enters the boiler through a clack valve.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A valve; especially one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(engineering) A valve; especially one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "clack box"
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  "word": "clack valve"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "clack box"
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          "ref": "1946 March and April, “The Why and The Wherefore: Clack-Boxes”, in Railway Magazine, page 129",
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        },
        {
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      ],
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        "(engineering) A valve; especially one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound."
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