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nose-piece

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The nozle of a hose or pipe.
  • noun 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.
  • noun A nose-band.
  • noun In armor, same as nasal, 1.

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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.

    The Red Deer thereddeer 2009

  • If you're really not crafty, you can opt for a mostly pre-assembled version you will have to glue the nose-piece on.

    Archive 2009-10-01 thereddeer 2009

  • Your glasses will fly off and be broken in two at the nose-piece.

    The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007

  • The helmets had openings for the ears, and a nose-piece down the center.

    Icerigger Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1974

  • The girders were secured to a steel nose-piece at the bow and a pointed stern-piece aft.

    British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale

  • 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.

    King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert

  • 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.

    A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

  • 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.

    The Path of the King John Buchan 1907

  • This gent with the ingrowin 'Roman nose-piece is me assistant

    Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

  • "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.

    The Red Thumb Mark 1902

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