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Webster 1913 Edition

(nĭp′p’l)

Noun.

[Formerly

neble

, a dim. of

neb

. See

(Anat.)

The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.

The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged.

[R.]

Derham.

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.

(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.

Noun.

A teat; a dug; the spungy protuberance by which milk is drawn from the breasts of females.

The orifice at which any animal liquor is separated.