English Dictionary: nipple | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for nipple | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nipple \Nip"ple\, n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See {Neb}, {Nib}.] 1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. 2. The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged. [R.] --Derham. 3. Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge. 4. (Mech.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. {Solder nipple}, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
nipple {Trackpoint} |