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Webster 1913 Edition
Nose
Nose
(nōz)
, Noun.
[AS.
nosu
; akin to D. neus
, G. nase
, OHG. nasa
, Icel. nös
, Sw. näsa
, Dan. näse
, Lith. nosis
, Russ. nos’
, L. nasus
, nares
, Skr. nāsā
, nās
. √261. Cf. Nasal
, Nasturtium
, Naze
, Nostril
, Nozzle
.] 1.
(Anat.)
2.
The power of smelling; hence, scent.
We are not offended with a dog for a better
nose
than his master. Collier.
3.
A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout;
as, the
nose
of a bellows; the nose
of a teakettle.Nose
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Nosed
(nōzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nosing
.] 1.
To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
2.
To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
Lambs . . .
nosing
the mother's udder. Tennyson.
A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . .
nosed
Parliament in the very seat of its authority. Burke.
3.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang;
as, to
. nose
a prayer[R.]
Cowley.
Nose
(nōz)
, Verb.
I.
1.
To smell; to sniff; to scent.
Audubon.
2.
To pry officiously into what does not concern one; to
nose around
. Webster 1828 Edition
Nose
NOSE
,Noun.
1.
The prominent part of the face which is the organ of smell, consisting of two similar cavities called nostrils. The nose serves also to modulate the voice in speaking, and to discharge the tears which flow through the lachrymal ducts. Through this organ also the air usually passes in respiration, and it constitutes no small part of the beauty of the face. In man, the nose is situated near the middle of the face; but in quadrupeds, the nose is at or near the lower extremity of the head.2.
The end of any thing; as the nose of a bellows.3.
Scent; sagacity.We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master.
To lead by the nose, to lead blindly.
To be led by the nose, to follow another obsequiously, or to be led without resistance or enquiring the reason.
To thrust one's nose into the affairs of others, to meddle officiously in other people's matters; to be a busy-body.
To put one's nose out of joint, to alienate the affections from another.
NOSE
, v.t.1.
To small; to scent.2.
To face; to oppose to the face.NOSE
,Verb.
I.