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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nipple  \Nip"ple\,  n.  [Formerly  neble,  a  dim.  of  neb.  See  {Neb}, 
  {Nib}.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  The  protuberance  through  which  milk  is  drawn  from 
  the  breast  or  mamma;  the  mammilla;  a  teat;  a  pap. 
 
  2.  The  orifice  at  which  any  animal  liquid,  as  the  oil  from  an 
  oil  bag,  is  discharged.  [R.]  --Derham. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  4.  (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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nipple 
  n  :  the  small  projection  of  a  mammary  gland  [syn:  {mammilla},  {mamilla}, 
  {pap},  {teat},  {tit}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  nipple 
 
  {Trackpoint} 
 
 




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