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.
