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noun

Flange n.

An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc.

A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe.

Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe.

Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together.

Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off.

Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it when hot.

verb

Flange v. t. (past & past part. flanged; pres. part. flanging) (Mach.) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

Flange v. i. To be bent into a flange.

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Etymology of 'Flange'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flange" Quotes from Famous Books

... solid steel, Pharaoh! I used my eyes, after I had used my ears. Here!" His fists had been doubled. He unclasped his hands and held them forward. In each palm was one of the metal disks. "Your bank-vault door was trigged with these—wedged in the crack of the outer flange. I saw, I pulled hard on the ...

— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day

... general idea of the value of the hoard. We put them all back into the chest, shut it, and reburied it. It showed no marks of Agathemer's dexterous attempts at opening it, for the lid was held down only by a clasp outside, and by the swelling of the inside flange of wood against the overlapping rim of ...

— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... classification is attempted there must be a certain number of partially filled shelves. The books in these should be kept in place by some such device as that in use in the British Museum, namely, a simple flat angle piece of galvanised iron, on the lower flange of which the end books rest, keeping it down, the upright flange keeping the books close ...

— Bookbinding, and the Care of Books - A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians • Douglas Cockerell

... is a coffer of solid stone, of amazing hardness, more like a jewel than an ordinary marble, with a lid equally solid; and yet all is so finely wrought that the finest tool made today cannot be inserted under the flange. How was it wrought to such perfection? How was the stone so chosen that those translucent patches match the relations of the seven stars of the constellation? How is it, or from what cause, that when the starlight shines on it, it glows from within—that when I fix ...

— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker

... three pairs of bony horn-cores, probably covered with short horns in life, the hind-pair being much the largest. The dental formula is i. 0/3, c. 1/1, p. $3over 3cdot4$, m. 3/3; the upper canines being long sabre-like weapons, protected by a descending flange on each side of the front of ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

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