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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The nozle of a hose or pipe.
- n. In optics, the extremity of the tube of a microscope to which the objective is attached: the double (triple, quadruple) nose-piece carries two (three, four) objectives, any one of which may be quickly brought into position by turning the arm on a pivot.
- n. A nose-band.
- n. In armor, same as nasal, 1.
Examples
“If you're really not crafty, you can opt for a mostly pre-assembled version you will have to glue the nose-piece on.”
“Your glasses will fly off and be broken in two at the nose-piece.”
“The helmets had openings for the ears, and a nose-piece down the center.”
“The girders were secured to a steel nose-piece at the bow and a pointed stern-piece aft.”
“Sir Bors held the king down upon the ground by the nose-piece of his helm, and in his other hand he held his naked sword.”
“Their 225 horse-power twelve-cylinder engine ran at a normal speed of 2,000 revolutions per minute; the air screw was driven through gearing at half this speed, its shaft being separate from the timing gear and carried in ball-bearings on the nose-piece of the engine.”
“The said helmet was grievously battered, and the nose-piece was awry as if from some fierce blow, but there was no scar on the skin.”
“This gent with the ingrowin 'Roman nose-piece is me assistant”
“Must do something for my fee, you know," replied Thorndyke, as he set up the microscope and screwed on two extra objectives to the triple nose-piece.”
“After a preliminary glance with the six-inch glass, he swung round the nose-piece to the half-inch objective and slipped in a more powerful eye-piece, and with this power he examined the blood-stains carefully, and then moved the thumb-print into the field of vision.”
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