"valver" meaning in English

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          "text": "a three-valver; a nine-valver; a rotary-valver",
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          "ref": "1935 February 2, Popular Wireless, volume XXVI, number 661, page 717, column 2:",
          "text": "The other day, for example, a giant of a set arrived- a ten-valver covering all the short-wave bands and also the medium.",
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          "ref": "1938 July 5, Practical and Amateur Wireless, volume 12, number 294, page 194, column 1:",
          "text": "When he finished his act, there was a tumult of hand -clapping, reproduced with great power by the nine-valver.",
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          "ref": "2004 January 8, Jimmy Lewis, “Suzuki's Aluminum Cre-Beater!”, in Cycle World:",
          "text": "The carbureted, oversquare, 95.5 × 62.8mm, dohc four-valver uses a narrow 26-degree included valve angle for compactness.",
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          "ref": "2013 February 21, turretslug, UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum:",
          "text": "Sorry, David, but I'm a little confused here, there was an implication that the set was a six-valver with two VP133's. If these were 2 IFamps, that suggests good gain and selectivity, if one was a tuned RF amp, it would fit in with the overall screening in keeping LO radiation down. Either way, it smacks of something a cut above the crowd.",
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          "ref": "2015 February 17, Tom Salt, “Bentley Flying Spur vs. Mercedes-Benz S600 vs. Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II”, in MotorTrend:",
          "text": "The three-valver harks back to the 5.5-liter V-12 that first appeared in the Maybach 57 in 2002.",
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          "ref": "2015 June 30, Lemmy, “Why things are the way they are: Multi-valve heads”, in RevZilla:",
          "text": "Early street OHV engines, for the most part, were two-valvers: each cylinder had an intake and an exhaust valve, because it was a simple, inexpensive layout.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017 April 17, Alan Cathcart, “Harley-Davidson's 1916 Model 17 FHAC 61ci 8-Valve Racer”, in Motorcyclist:",
          "text": "The first sight of the eight-valver tells you it’s a two-wheeled version of a Texan cow-wrangler: lean, mean and packing a punch.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2020 January 21, “Five to Four”, in Australian Motorcycle News:",
          "text": "Every R1 had this layout from 1998 to 2006, but Yamaha decided to give the five-valver the boot for a traditional four-valve design – a la Suzuki, Honda and Kawasaki.",
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          "ref": "2021 September 7, Jim Scaysbrook, “Yamaha FZ750: Five valve wonder”, in Old Bike Australia:",
          "text": "It was designed to spin to 20,000 rpm, but the inherent problems – and the enormous production costs – spelled the end for the seven-valver, and Yamaha embarked on a six-valve (three inlet, three exhaust) version that apparently addressed many of the concerns.",
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        {
          "ref": "2024 January 2, “1939 British One-Tube Regen”, in OneTubeRadio.com:",
          "text": "The article begins by noting that “the small receiver is apt to be despised in these days of 7 and 8 -valve superhets, there is still a very wide field of application for the simple one-valver.",
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          "text": "The other day, for example, a giant of a set arrived- a ten-valver covering all the short-wave bands and also the medium.",
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          "text": "Sorry, David, but I'm a little confused here, there was an implication that the set was a six-valver with two VP133's. If these were 2 IFamps, that suggests good gain and selectivity, if one was a tuned RF amp, it would fit in with the overall screening in keeping LO radiation down. Either way, it smacks of something a cut above the crowd.",
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        },
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          "text": "Early street OHV engines, for the most part, were two-valvers: each cylinder had an intake and an exhaust valve, because it was a simple, inexpensive layout.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2017 April 17, Alan Cathcart, “Harley-Davidson's 1916 Model 17 FHAC 61ci 8-Valve Racer”, in Motorcyclist:",
          "text": "The first sight of the eight-valver tells you it’s a two-wheeled version of a Texan cow-wrangler: lean, mean and packing a punch.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2020 January 21, “Five to Four”, in Australian Motorcycle News:",
          "text": "Every R1 had this layout from 1998 to 2006, but Yamaha decided to give the five-valver the boot for a traditional four-valve design – a la Suzuki, Honda and Kawasaki.",
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        },
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