ˈnose-pipe
[f. nose n.]
1. A pipe, or piece of piping, forming a nose or terminal to another pipe, a vessel, etc.
| 1784–5 Usef. Projects in Ann. Reg. (1795) 55/2 By these means the branch or nose-pipe of the Engine is conveyed into the window of any room. 1853 Ure Dict. Arts I. 594 The nose-pipe of the worm tub terminates in, and is firmly cemented to the side of the glass globe. |
2. spec. The blast-pipe nozzle inside the tuyère of a blast furnace.
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 825 Each of these tubes ends in a leather pocket, and an iron nose-pipe K, adjusted in the tuyère of the furnace. 1854 Ronalds & Richardson Chem. Techn. (ed. 2) I. 314 The gas is not ignited immediately as it issues from the nose-pipes, but passes over a bridge..into the hearth of the furnace. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 1534/2 The nose-pipes..vary in size with the nature of the coke and the ore. |