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| English Dictionary: nipple |
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DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for nipple |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nipple
- n
- the small projection of a mammary gland [syn: nipple,
mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit]
- a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier
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| 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.
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| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
nipple
{Trackpoint}
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