Nip"ple (?), n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See Neb, Nib.]
1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the
breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. 2. The orifice at
which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is
discharged. [R.]Derham. 3. Any small projection or article in
which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other
purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a
percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and
through which the fire passes to the charge. 4. (Mech.) A pipe
fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided
with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other
fittings.Solder nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end
of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a
lead pipe by soldering.Page 977 The noun Nipple has 2 senses 1.
nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit -- the small
projection of a mammary gland 2. nipple -- a flexible cap on a
baby's feeding bottle or pacifier Twe