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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F., from L.

orificium

;

oris

, a mouth +

facere

to make. See

, and

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening;

as, the

orifice

of an artery or vein; the

orifice

of a wound.

Shak.

Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous

orifice

Addison.

Noun.

[L. orificium; os, oris, mouth, and facio, to make.]

The mouth or aperture of a tube, pipe or other cavity; as the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

The orifice of Etna.