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Webster 1913 Edition
Nozzle
Noz′zle
,Noun.
[A dim. of
nose
. √261.] [Written also
nosle
.] 1.
The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything;
as, the
. nozzle
of a bellows2.
Specifically:
(a)
A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
(b)
A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nozzle
NOZ'ZLE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
nozzle
nozzle
English
A nozzle expelling water (1).
Alternative forms
Noun
nozzle (plural nozzles)
- A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
- The nose of an animal; muzzle.
- 1887, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face with the Mexicans, Chapter XVI, p. 489:
- At length the acme of a typical Mexican scene was reached when the burros unceremoniously raised their nozzles and brayed loud and long.
- 1887, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face with the Mexicans, Chapter XVI, p. 489:
Coordinate terms
- (short tube): spout
Translations
short tube
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inlet or outlet pipe