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Nozzle   /nˈɑzəl/   Listen
noun
Nozzle  n.  (Written also nosle)  
1.
The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
2.
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.





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"Nozzle" Quotes from Famous Books



... in drawing the Pythagorean right-angled triangle: that is, let its length be divided into five parts; let three of them denote the height of the head of the screw; thus the distance from the base of the perpendicular to the nozzle of the screw at the bottom will be equal to four of those parts. A figure showing how this ought to be, has been drawn at the end of the book, right ...
— Ten Books on Architecture • Vitruvius
... this morning, Mrs. Mayberry?" she asked, as she moved a little closer, so Teether could reach out and nozzle against ...
— The Road to Providence • Maria Thompson Daviess
... tube (Fig. 3, at A). The oxygen is mixed with the gas during its escape from the inner tube, which is pierced by a number of fine holes for the purpose, the extreme end being closed up. The inner tube may run up to within half an inch of the point where the cap carrying the nozzle joins the ...
— On Laboratory Arts • Richard Threlfall
... wet with the solution as often as it becomes dry. Punctures by nails, especially if deep, should be washed out with a syringe, using one of the solutions just mentioned. A medicine dropper, minus the rubber part, attached to a fountain syringe, makes a good nozzle for this purpose. A moist dressing, like the one described, should then be applied, and the limb kept in perfect ...
— The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) • Various
... the descending flame, felt the nozzle of the projector as it crashed upon his right shoulder and the green fire spat harmlessly beyond his back. That last spring had thrown him bodily against the red monster. They were both knocked off balance for a moment, then Rawson caught himself ...
— Two Thousand Miles Below • Charles Willard Diffin


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