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.
To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
To be bent into a flange.
A lip, or liplike organ.
The lip of an organ pipe.
The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).