flangen.
/flan(d)ʒ/, U.S. /flændʒ/ 1. A widening or branching out; the part that widens out:† a. in a pan.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vii. 320/2 The top that goes out wider than the bottom, is called the Flang of the Pan.
b. in a metallic vein.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > parts of specific shape
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1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Ijb Flange [is] a Place where a Vein takes a run out of Course into one, and sometimes both Sides, insomuch that the Ore lies more scattered.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 133 Flange, applied to a vein widening.
2. A projecting flat rim, collar, or rib, used to strengthen an object, to guide it, to keep it in place, to facilitate its attachment to another object, or for other purposes.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > projecting rim or flange
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1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Flange, those Side Pieces that are cast on to Iron Pipes or Barrels to screw 'em fast, or to hang 'em by.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 247 At each end of this cylinder there is a deep flange or margin.
1838 F. W. Simms Public Wks. Great Brit. 70 The flange or rib on the tire shall not project more than one inch.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 207/1 The whole are firmly secured by two metal flanges..which are tightly screwed up.
3.
a. Any rim or projecting surface.
b. A flattened-out disc. Also, blank-flange.
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1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) The rim of metal round the mouth of gun caps used with percussion muskets is called a flange.
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Flange, the brim of a hat.
1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Flange, a plate for covering..the end of a pipe or cylinder.
c. transferred. Of natural objects: a rim or fan which stands out from the main part of the object. Also figurative.
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1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxv. 393 Stepping on an outlying flange of her foot.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 607 The brown water..striking a ridge of higher rock..flew up in a lovely flange some twelve feet or so high.
1930 W. H. Auden Poems 25 Nowise withdrawn by doubting flinch Nor joined to any by belief's firm flange.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
flange-coupling n.
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Flange Coupling, a device for connecting pipes at any angle from 0° to 90°.
flange-joint n.
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Flange-joint, a joint in pipes etc. made by two flanges bolted together.
b.
flange-maker n.
c.
flange-hilted adj.
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1930 V. G. Childe Bronze Age iii. 86 Early versions of the flange-hilted leaf-shaped sword..are very common in Northern and Central Europe.
C2.
flange-bushing n. (see quot.).
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Flange Bushing, a flange carrying a shell which acts as a bushing to a hole.
flange-pipe n. U.S. pipe in sections with flanges for fixing together.
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Flange Pipe.
flange-pulley n. a flanged pulley.
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Flange Pulley.
flange-rail n. (a) a rail with a flanged base; (b) U.S. (see quot. 1864).
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Flange-rail, a rail having on one side a flange to keep wheels, etc., from running off.
1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Flange Rail, a flat-bottomed or flat rail, as distinguished from a double-headed rail.
flange-wheel n. a flanged wheel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
flangev.
/flan(d)ʒ/, U.S. /flændʒ/ 1. intransitive. To widen out. Also, with out.
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the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > flare at extremity [verb (intransitive)]
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > become broad or wide [verb (intransitive)]
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1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire Flange, or flange out, to spread, diverge, to increase in width or breadth.
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 167 The east-end of a church..as it flanges out in three wide terraces.
2. To take the form of a flange. (In recent dictionaries.)
3. transitive. To supply with a flange, attach a flange to, form a flange upon.
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1873 R. Wilson Steam Boilers 92 By flanging either the barrel or end plate.
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