nozzlen.

Brit.

/ˈnɒzl/, U.S.

/ˈnɑz(ə)l/

Forms:

α. late Middle English noselle, 1500s nosell, 1600s–1700s nossel, 1600s–1800s nosel, 1600s–1800s nosle.

β. 1600s–1700s nozel, 1600s–1800s nozle, 1700s nozzel, 1700s– nozzle.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nose n., -le suffix.

Etymology: < nose n. + -le suffix.

†1. A socket on a candlestick or sconce into which the lower end of a candle is inserted. Cf. nose n. 8a. Obsolete.In quot. 1608 at α. : a part projecting from the socket.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candlestick > other parts of

nose1432

socketc1440

nozzle1447

flower1521

bobeche1853

grease-pan1936

α.

1447 in H. T. Riley Chronica Monasterii S. Albani (1870) V. i. 450 (MED) Item, unum candelabrum de auricalco, cum uno pyke et duobus noselles.

1560–61 Trinity Coll. Cambr. Jun. Bursar's Accts. in G. C. M. Smith Acad. Drama Cambr. (1923) 161 It[em] for a greate nosell for ye stage lantehorne.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 593 Euery socket had rostrum in vna parte, a certaine nosle hanging out.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cclix In fashion like unto the Nossel of a wooden candlestick.

1714 London Gaz. No. 5282/9 A Nosel for a Candle.

1768 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1845) ii. 135 A Nossel and Candlestick..contrived so as to keep the Candle always in an upright position.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. at Nosle The nosle of a candlestick is that part which holds the end of the candle.

β. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece v. 398 A Stem, formed like a Nozel, or Socket of a Candlestick.1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus iii. 15 in A. Pope Wks. II A paultry old Sconce, with the nozzle broke off.a1764 R. Lloyd Candle & Snuffers in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 133 A candle stuck in flaring state Within the nozel of French plate.1791 Ann. Reg. Chron. 8 A pair of silver snuffers and stand, and two candlestick nozzles.1811 T. E. Hook Darkness Visible i. ii. 14 He looked for all the world like a rushlight stuck in the nozzle of a brass condlestick.

2. A spout, mouthpiece, projecting aperture, or a short terminal pipe from which a jet of gas or liquid may issue or be discharged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > projecting aperture

spout1412

stroup1505

nosec1576

nozzle1683

nozzle-pipe1816

nozzle-screw1839

nosepiece1858

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > steam > aperture for

scape-pipe1838

eduction1839

nozzle1839

port1839

exhaust1848

porthole1854

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > specific parts

cut-off1849

side lever1882

nozzle1895

Lentz1925

α.

1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum ii. xx. 570 The Top thereof [sc. of a stove] may be firm Tin, with a nossel or pipe in it, like that of a pair of Bellows.

1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 44 Taking away his Thumb, he by directing the Nosle to the Fire immediately extinguishes it.

a1785 J. Hall-Stevenson Imitation Horace's Odes xxiv. viii, in Wks. (1795) II. 26 One stout leg of the same ware, Made like the nossel of a bellows.

1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 46 Icicles, adhering to the nosel of the cock.

1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 34 On one side of the cylinder, and cast with it, are two square projections called nosles, which enclose within them the steam ports.

β. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 98 A Pipe being tied to the nozle of a pair of Bellows.1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 lxvii. 304 At every fathom distance there should be wooden nozels.1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 261 A wooden plug may be chained to the pump, betwixt the spouts or nozles.1848 W. Pole in tr. E. Alban High-pressure Steam Engine 257 (note) By some mechanics these parts of the engine are called nozzles, a corruption of nose-holes.1895 Model Steam Eng. 84 This is regulated by the size of the aperture at the nozzle end of the boiler.1906 W. H. S. Garnett Turbines i. v. 56 When it is required to reduce the power more rapidly..it is usual to deflect the nozzle so that the jet misses the buckets.1950 B. G. A. Skrotzki Steam & Gas Turbines ix. 371 Mechanical spray nozzles for injecting fuel oil into combustion chambers.1969 E. P. Anderson Home Appliance Servicing (ed. 2) xx. 322 When the nozzle is pressed againgst the rug..the suction..pulls dirt through the fan and into the bag.1993 Life May 62 Woody Boyd..Sam's bartending partner, must have sucked on the seltzer nozzle until..all the bubbles went to his brain.

3. colloquial. The nose.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun]

noseeOE

naseeOE

nebeOE

billa1000

nesec1175

grunyie?a1513

gnomon1582

nib1585

proboscis1631

handle to (also of, on) one's face1675

snot-gall1685

nozzle1689

bowsprit1690

smeller1699

snitch1699

trunk1699

vessel1813

index1817

conk1819

sneezer1820

scent box1826

snorter1829

snuff-box1829

bugle1847

beak1854

nasal1854

sniffer1858

boko1859

snoot1861

snorer1891

horn1893

spectacles-seat1895

razzo1899

beezer1915

schnozzle1926

schnozzola1929

schnozz1930

snozzle1930

honker1942

hooter1958

1689 C. Goodall Poems & Transl. 153 Let Pig but turn his Nosle to the Sun, 'Twill serve for both Steeple and Weather-cock.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 32 His..face was overshadowed by this tremendous nozzle.

1796 W. Clifton Group 11 Sure type of wisdom, and a nose so rare, To it no breach-born nozzle might compare.

1815 E. S. Barrett My Wife! What Wife? ii. 34 Only a trifling dab across the nozzle, Sir.

1863 J. H. Speke Jrnl. Discov. Source Nile 271 But Bombey, showing his nozzle rather flatter than usual, said ‘No; I got this on account of your lies.’

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Holloa, Bill! hot's a-do'd to thy nozzle? hast a-trode 'pon un?

1919 E. Dyson Hello Soldier! 64 A major, with a nozzle like a peach, And a stutter in his Trilbies, and a limping kind of speech.

1946 D. Devlin Lough Derg 7 The beasts, Nozzle sloped on paw, dimly adored her name.

4. A tip or beak, a projecting part or end; esp. the prow of a ship. Cf. nose n. 7b.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part

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outshooting1310

nosec1400

startc1400

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outbearingc1425

outstanding?c1425

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rising1525

shoulder1545

jutting1565

outshootc1565

prominence1578

forecast1580

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eye1600

shooting forth1601

lip1608

juttying1611

prominent?1611

eminence1615

butting1625

excursiona1626

elbow1626

protrusion1646

jettinga1652

outjetting1652

prominency1654

eminency1668

nouch1688

issuanta1690

out-butting1730

outjet1730

out-jutting1730

flange1735

nosing1773

process1775

jut1787

projecture1803

nozzle1804

saliency1831

ajutment1834

salience1837

out-thrust1842

emphasis1885

cleat1887

outjut1893

pseudopodiuma1902

1804 G. Huddesford Old Wyschard in Wiccamical Chaplet 161 Thrust in his pick-axe nozzle, sheath'd with iron.

1827 G. Croly May Fair iii. 121 Thought the vessel meant to move... Wednesday, kick'd from post to pillar, Knock'd the nozzle off the tiller.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 408 Instead of having one single beak, the Corinthian ship might be said to have three nozzles.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 108 Each buoy, exclusive of the nozzle, is to be divided horizontally into four, and vertically into eight equal parts.

a1905 J. Hay Jim Bludso in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1916) 4 If ever the Prairie Belle took fire,—A thousand times he swore, He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore.

1986 T. Hughes Flowers & Insects 48 Under his abdomen he had a nozzle—Presumably his lumpy little cock.

Compounds

(In sense 2.)

nozzle block n. a block on or in which one or more nozzles is fixed.

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1535/1 Nozzle-block, one in which two bellows-nozzles unite.

1929 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 125 88 The back and sides [of the chambers were formed] by the machined gap in the nozzle block.

1991 Science 23 Aug. 880/2 The nozzle block..contains a perpendicular channel for the ablation-laser beam.

† nozzle-face n. Obsolete rare a plate on which a slide valve for a steam-port of a steam engine sits.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > seat for

nozzle-face1846

nozzle-plate1875

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 298 Within the casing, at the top and bottom of the cylinder, are the two nosle-faces, which are square plates of brass raised upon the cylinder, one round each of the steam-ports, for the valve-plates to slide upon.

nozzle man n. a man in charge of the nozzle of a fire hose, suction pipe, etc.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman > specific

bitterc1467

engineman1724

pipeman1763

vamp1877

nozzle man1885

pumper1912

smoke-jumper1940

tillerman1968

first responder1975

1885 Where Chineses Drive 139 One of the rest acted as nozzle-man to direct the jet.

1893 Times 10 July 13/6 There are to each such suction pipe, when in operation, one weigher, and one nozzle-man in the ship's hold and two boys.

1991 Yankee Jan. 57/3 The plan was for Graham to be ‘nozzle man’ leading the way into the plane with a hand-line hose.

nozzle-pipe n. = sense 2.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > projecting aperture

spout1412

stroup1505

nosec1576

nozzle1683

nozzle-pipe1816

nozzle-screw1839

nosepiece1858

1816 F. Accum Pract. Ess. Chem. Re-agents 245 If the flame have a cavity through it, the aperture of the nozzle-pipe is too large.

1894 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 198 Comparatively little attention has been bestowed upon the construction and management of nozzle pipes of fire hose.

2000 Water Power & Dam Construction (Nexis) 31 May 20 Epoxy and polyurethane based plastics are useful for coating the surfaces of..nozzle pipes in Pelton turbines.

† nozzle-plate n. Obsolete rare = nozzle-face n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > seat for

nozzle-face1846

nozzle-plate1875

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1535/1 Nozzle-plate, a seat for a slide-valve of a steam-engine.

† nozzle-screw n. Obsolete rare a nozzle having a screw-thread cut on it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > projecting aperture

spout1412

stroup1505

nosec1576

nozzle1683

nozzle-pipe1816

nozzle-screw1839

nosepiece1858

1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 195/1 The aperture through which the nozzle-screw is to pass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nozzle
释义	nozzlen. Brit. /ˈnɒzl/, U.S. /ˈnɑz(ə)l/ Forms: α. late Middle English noselle, 1500s nosell, 1600s–1700s nossel, 1600s–1800s nosel, 1600s–1800s nosle. β. 1600s–1700s nozel, 1600s–1800s nozle, 1700s nozzel, 1700s– nozzle. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nose n., -le suffix. Etymology: < nose n. + -le suffix. †1. A socket on a candlestick or sconce into which the lower end of a candle is inserted. Cf. nose n. 8a. Obsolete.In quot. 1608 at α. : a part projecting from the socket. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candlestick > other parts of nose1432 socketc1440 nozzle1447 flower1521 bobeche1853 grease-pan1936 α. 1447 in H. T. Riley Chronica Monasterii S. Albani (1870) V. i. 450 (MED) Item, unum candelabrum de auricalco, cum uno pyke et duobus noselles. 1560–61 Trinity Coll. Cambr. Jun. Bursar's Accts. in G. C. M. Smith Acad. Drama Cambr. (1923) 161 It[em] for a greate nosell for ye stage lantehorne. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 593 Euery socket had rostrum in vna parte, a certaine nosle hanging out. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cclix In fashion like unto the Nossel of a wooden candlestick. 1714 London Gaz. No. 5282/9 A Nosel for a Candle. 1768 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1845) ii. 135 A Nossel and Candlestick..contrived so as to keep the Candle always in an upright position. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. at Nosle The nosle of a candlestick is that part which holds the end of the candle. β. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece v. 398 A Stem, formed like a Nozel, or Socket of a Candlestick.1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus iii. 15 in A. Pope Wks. II A paultry old Sconce, with the nozzle broke off.a1764 R. Lloyd Candle & Snuffers in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 133 A candle stuck in flaring state Within the nozel of French plate.1791 Ann. Reg. Chron. 8 A pair of silver snuffers and stand, and two candlestick nozzles.1811 T. E. Hook Darkness Visible i. ii. 14 He looked for all the world like a rushlight stuck in the nozzle of a brass condlestick. 2. A spout, mouthpiece, projecting aperture, or a short terminal pipe from which a jet of gas or liquid may issue or be discharged. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > projecting aperture spout1412 stroup1505 nosec1576 nozzle1683 nozzle-pipe1816 nozzle-screw1839 nosepiece1858 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > steam > aperture for scape-pipe1838 eduction1839 nozzle1839 port1839 exhaust1848 porthole1854 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > specific parts cut-off1849 side lever1882 nozzle1895 Lentz1925 α. 1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum ii. xx. 570 The Top thereof [sc. of a stove] may be firm Tin, with a nossel or pipe in it, like that of a pair of Bellows. 1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 44 Taking away his Thumb, he by directing the Nosle to the Fire immediately extinguishes it. a1785 J. Hall-Stevenson Imitation Horace's Odes xxiv. viii, in Wks. (1795) II. 26 One stout leg of the same ware, Made like the nossel of a bellows. 1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 46 Icicles, adhering to the nosel of the cock. 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 34 On one side of the cylinder, and cast with it, are two square projections called nosles, which enclose within them the steam ports. β. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 98 A Pipe being tied to the nozle of a pair of Bellows.1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 lxvii. 304 At every fathom distance there should be wooden nozels.1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 261 A wooden plug may be chained to the pump, betwixt the spouts or nozles.1848 W. Pole in tr. E. Alban High-pressure Steam Engine 257 (note) By some mechanics these parts of the engine are called nozzles, a corruption of nose-holes.1895 Model Steam Eng. 84 This is regulated by the size of the aperture at the nozzle end of the boiler.1906 W. H. S. Garnett Turbines i. v. 56 When it is required to reduce the power more rapidly..it is usual to deflect the nozzle so that the jet misses the buckets.1950 B. G. A. Skrotzki Steam & Gas Turbines ix. 371 Mechanical spray nozzles for injecting fuel oil into combustion chambers.1969 E. P. Anderson Home Appliance Servicing (ed. 2) xx. 322 When the nozzle is pressed againgst the rug..the suction..pulls dirt through the fan and into the bag.1993 Life May 62 Woody Boyd..Sam's bartending partner, must have sucked on the seltzer nozzle until..all the bubbles went to his brain. 3. colloquial. The nose. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1689 C. Goodall Poems & Transl. 153 Let Pig but turn his Nosle to the Sun, 'Twill serve for both Steeple and Weather-cock. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 32 His..face was overshadowed by this tremendous nozzle. 1796 W. Clifton Group 11 Sure type of wisdom, and a nose so rare, To it no breach-born nozzle might compare. 1815 E. S. Barrett My Wife! What Wife? ii. 34 Only a trifling dab across the nozzle, Sir. 1863 J. H. Speke Jrnl. Discov. Source Nile 271 But Bombey, showing his nozzle rather flatter than usual, said ‘No; I got this on account of your lies.’ 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Holloa, Bill! hot's a-do'd to thy nozzle? hast a-trode 'pon un? 1919 E. Dyson Hello Soldier! 64 A major, with a nozzle like a peach, And a stutter in his Trilbies, and a limping kind of speech. 1946 D. Devlin Lough Derg 7 The beasts, Nozzle sloped on paw, dimly adored her name. 4. A tip or beak, a projecting part or end; esp. the prow of a ship. Cf. nose n. 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part hornc1275 outshooting1310 nosec1400 startc1400 spout1412 snouta1425 outbearingc1425 outstanding?c1425 relish1428 jeta1500 rising1525 shoulder1545 jutting1565 outshootc1565 prominence1578 forecast1580 projection1592 sprout1598 eye1600 shooting forth1601 lip1608 juttying1611 prominent?1611 eminence1615 butting1625 excursiona1626 elbow1626 protrusion1646 jettinga1652 outjetting1652 prominency1654 eminency1668 nouch1688 issuanta1690 out-butting1730 outjet1730 out-jutting1730 flange1735 nosing1773 process1775 jut1787 projecture1803 nozzle1804 saliency1831 ajutment1834 salience1837 out-thrust1842 emphasis1885 cleat1887 outjut1893 pseudopodiuma1902 1804 G. Huddesford Old Wyschard in Wiccamical Chaplet 161 Thrust in his pick-axe nozzle, sheath'd with iron. 1827 G. Croly May Fair iii. 121 Thought the vessel meant to move... Wednesday, kick'd from post to pillar, Knock'd the nozzle off the tiller. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 408 Instead of having one single beak, the Corinthian ship might be said to have three nozzles. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 108 Each buoy, exclusive of the nozzle, is to be divided horizontally into four, and vertically into eight equal parts. a1905 J. Hay Jim Bludso in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1916) 4 If ever the Prairie Belle took fire,—A thousand times he swore, He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. 1986 T. Hughes Flowers & Insects 48 Under his abdomen he had a nozzle—Presumably his lumpy little cock. Compounds (In sense 2.) nozzle block n. a block on or in which one or more nozzles is fixed. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1535/1 Nozzle-block, one in which two bellows-nozzles unite. 1929 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 125 88 The back and sides [of the chambers were formed] by the machined gap in the nozzle block. 1991 Science 23 Aug. 880/2 The nozzle block..contains a perpendicular channel for the ablation-laser beam. † nozzle-face n. Obsolete rare a plate on which a slide valve for a steam-port of a steam engine sits. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > seat for nozzle-face1846 nozzle-plate1875 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 298 Within the casing, at the top and bottom of the cylinder, are the two nosle-faces, which are square plates of brass raised upon the cylinder, one round each of the steam-ports, for the valve-plates to slide upon. nozzle man n. a man in charge of the nozzle of a fire hose, suction pipe, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman > specific bitterc1467 engineman1724 pipeman1763 vamp1877 nozzle man1885 pumper1912 smoke-jumper1940 tillerman1968 first responder1975 1885 Where Chineses Drive 139 One of the rest acted as nozzle-man to direct the jet. 1893 Times 10 July 13/6 There are to each such suction pipe, when in operation, one weigher, and one nozzle-man in the ship's hold and two boys. 1991 Yankee Jan. 57/3 The plan was for Graham to be ‘nozzle man’ leading the way into the plane with a hand-line hose. nozzle-pipe n. = sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > projecting aperture spout1412 stroup1505 nosec1576 nozzle1683 nozzle-pipe1816 nozzle-screw1839 nosepiece1858 1816 F. Accum Pract. Ess. Chem. Re-agents 245 If the flame have a cavity through it, the aperture of the nozzle-pipe is too large. 1894 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 198 Comparatively little attention has been bestowed upon the construction and management of nozzle pipes of fire hose. 2000 Water Power & Dam Construction (Nexis) 31 May 20 Epoxy and polyurethane based plastics are useful for coating the surfaces of..nozzle pipes in Pelton turbines. † nozzle-plate n. Obsolete rare = nozzle-face n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > seat for nozzle-face1846 nozzle-plate1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1535/1 Nozzle-plate, a seat for a slide-valve of a steam-engine. † nozzle-screw n. Obsolete rare a nozzle having a screw-thread cut on it. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > projecting aperture spout1412 stroup1505 nosec1576 nozzle1683 nozzle-pipe1816 nozzle-screw1839 nosepiece1858 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 195/1 The aperture through which the nozzle-screw is to pass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). nozzlev. Brit. /ˈnɒzl/, U.S. /ˈnɑz(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nozzle n. Etymology: < nozzle n. Compare earlier nuzzle v.¹ †1. transitive. To fit with something, after the manner of a nozzle; to muzzle. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > furnish with specific orifice nozzle1866 bell-mouth1880 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 111 Some to the young the mother's teats forbid, And nozzle [L. praefigunt] with sharp spikes the calf and kid. 2. transitive. To stick a nozzle in something; to deliver using a nozzle. Also intransitive (in quot. 1991 with up). ΚΠ 1985 Times (Nexis) 7 July The building has been vacuumed throughout, by steeple-jacks on ropes where necessary, nozzling away at the column tops. 1991 B. Sterling Jim & Irene in Globalhead (1994) 77 He walked to the station's office and dropped ten bucks on unleaded. He went back to the van and nozzled up. 2000 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 Feb. 3 My teenage Saturday nights were spent at a filling station, nozzling four-star. 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nozzlen.

Compounds

nozzlev.