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noz⋅zle

[noz-uhl]
–noun
1. a projecting spout, terminal discharging pipe, or the like, as of a hose or bellows.
2. Slang. the nose.
3. the spout of a teapot.
4. the socket of a candlestick.

Origin:
1600–10; earlier nosle; see nose, -le
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noz·zle   (nŏz'əl)   
n.  
  1. A projecting part with an opening, as at the end of a hose, for regulating and directing a flow of fluid.

  2. Slang The human nose.


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

nozzle 
mid-15c., noselle "socket on a candlestick," dim. of nose (see nose). Meaning "small spout" first recorded 1683.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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