Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   2. A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock
      drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.

            At the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded
            puppets dance.                        --Pope.

   3. One controlled in his action by the will of another; a
      tool; -- so used in contempt. --Sir W. Scott.

   4. (Mach.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle
      in a lathe.

   {Puppet master}. Same as {Puppetman}.

   {Puppet play}, a puppet show.

   {Puppet player}, one who manages the motions of puppets.

   {Puppet show}, a mock drama performed by puppets moved by
      wires.

   {Puppet valve}, a valve in the form of a circular disk, which
      covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away
      from the seat while remaining parallel with it, -- used in
      steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is
      often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat
      when the valve is closed. See the valves shown in Illusts.
      of {Plunger pump}, and {Safety valve}, under {Plunger},
      and {Safety}.