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Webster 1913 Edition
Flange
1.
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. Knight.
2.
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.
Knight.
– 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.
Flange
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flanged
(flănjd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flanging
(flăn′jĭng)
.] (Mach.)
To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
Flange
,Verb.
I.
To be bent into a flange.