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orifice
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Orifice
(gcide) | Orifice \Or"i*fice\, n. [F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a
mouth + facere to make. See Oral, and Fact.]
A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening;
as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
--Shak.
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Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous
orifice. --Addison.
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orifice
(wn) | orifice
n 1: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the
orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
heart" [syn: orifice, opening, porta] |
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external orifice
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orifice
(encz) | orifice,otvor n: Jan Hradil |
urethral orifice
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blast orifice
(gcide) | Blast \Blast\ (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a
blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr. a
verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth.
bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E.
blow. See Blow to eject air.]
1. A violent gust of wind.
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And see where surly Winter passes off,
Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts;
His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.
--Thomson.
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2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a
bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to
which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a
furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
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Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to
designate whether the current is heated or not heated
before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to
be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast
when not in use.
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3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air
out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense
draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by
the blast.
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4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the
sound produces at one breath.
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One blast upon his bugle horn
Were worth a thousand men. --Sir W.
Scott.
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The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. --Bryant.
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5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,
especially on animals and plants; a blight.
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By the blast of God they perish. --Job iv. 9.
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Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.
--Shak.
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6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of
rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder,
dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.
"Large blasts are often used." --Tomlinson.
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7. A flatulent disease of sheep.
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Blast furnace, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for
smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.
Blast hole, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through
which water enters.
Blast nozzle, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery
end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice.
In full blast, in complete operation; in a state of great
activity. See Blast, n., 2. [Colloq.]
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Exhaust orifice
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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aortic orifice
(wn) | aortic orifice
n 1: the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the
aorta |
external orifice
(wn) | external orifice
n 1: the orifice through which urine is discharged [syn:
urethral orifice, external orifice] |
orifice
(wn) | orifice
n 1: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the
orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
heart" [syn: orifice, opening, porta] |
urethral orifice
(wn) | urethral orifice
n 1: the orifice through which urine is discharged [syn:
urethral orifice, external orifice] |
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