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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[A dim. of

nose

. √261.]

[Written also

nosle

The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything;

as, the

nozzle

of a bellows

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.

Noun.

[from nose.] The nose; the extremity of any thing; the snout.