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▪ I. flange, n.|flændʒ|
[See flanch n.2]
1. A widening or branching out; the part that widens out:
†a. in a pan;
b. in a metallic vein.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. vii. 320/2 The top that goes out wider than the bottom, is called the Flang of the Pan. 1747Hooson Miner's Dict. I j b, Flange [is] a Place where a Vein takes a run out of Course into one, and sometimes both Sides, insomuch that the Ore lies more scattered. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Flange, applied to a vein widening.
2. A projecting flat rim, collar, or rib, used to strengthen an object, to guide it, to keep it in place, to facilitate its attachment to another object, or for other purposes.
1735Dyche & Pardon Dict., Flange, those Side Pieces that are cast on to Iron Pipes or Barrels to screw 'em fast, or to hang 'em by. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal. II. 247 At each end of this cylinder there is a deep flange or margin. 1838Simms Public Wks. Gt. Brit. 70 The flange or rib on the tire shall not project more than one inch. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 207/1 The whole are firmly secured by two metal flanges..which are tightly screwed up.
3. Hence
a. Any rim or projecting surface.
b. A flattened-out disc. Also, blank-flange.
1876Voyle Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v., The rim of metal round the mouth of gun caps used with percussion muskets is called a flange. 1877Holderness Gloss., Flange, the brim of a hat. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. IV, Flange, a plate for covering..the end of a pipe or cylinder.
c. transf. Of natural objects: a rim or fan which stands out from the main part of the object. Also fig.
1880‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abroad 393 Stepping on an outlying flange of her foot. 1897M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 607 The brown water..striking a ridge of higher rock..flew up in a lovely flange some twelve feet or so high. 1930Auden Poems 25 Nowise withdrawn by doubting flinch Nor joined to any by belief's firm flange.
4. attrib. and Comb., as flange-coupling, flange-joint; flange-maker; flange-hilted adj.; flange-bushing (see quot.); flange-pipe (U.S.), pipe in sections with flanges for fixing together; flange-pulley, a flanged pulley; flange-rail, (a) a rail with a flanged base; (b) U.S. (see quot. 1864); flange-wheel, a flanged wheel.
1884Knight Dict. Mech. IV, *Flange Bushing, a flange carrying a shell which acts as a bushing to a hole.
Ibid., *Flange Coupling, a device for connecting pipes at any angle from 0° to 90°.
1930V. G. Childe Bronze Age iii. 86 Early versions of the *flange-hilted leaf-shaped sword..are very common in Northern and Central Europe.
1864Webster, *Flange-joint, a joint in pipes etc. made by two flanges bolted together.
1884Knight Dict. Mech. IV, *Flange Pipe, *Flange Pulley.
1864Webster, *Flange-rail, a rail having on one side a flange to keep wheels, etc., from running off. 1888Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin., Flange Rail, a flat-bottomed or flat rail, as distinguished from a double-headed rail.
▪ II. flange, v.|flændʒ|
[See flanch v.; in senses 2 and 3 f. prec. n.]
1. intr. To widen out. Also, with out.
1820Wilbraham Chesh. Gloss., Flange, or flange out, to spread, diverge, to increase in width or breadth. 1878Stevenson Inland Voy. 167 The east-end of a church..as it flanges out in three wide terraces.
2. To take the form of a flange. (In recent Dicts.)
3. trans. To supply with a flange, attach a flange to, form a flange upon.
1873R. Wilson Steam Boilers 92 By flanging either the barrel or end plate. |