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Orifice
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak. Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison.