Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A projecting part with an opening, as at the end of a hose, for regulating and directing a flow of fluid.
  • noun Slang The human nose.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See nozle.
  • An obsolete form of nuzzle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything.
  • noun A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
  • noun A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
  • noun A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
  • noun informal terms for the nose

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English noselle, socket on a candlestick, diminutive of nose; see nose.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From earlier nosle, equivalent to nose +‎ -le (diminutive/agent suffix).

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