7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nose \Nose\, n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa,
Icel. n["o]s, Sw n["a]sa, Dan. n["a]se, Lith. nosis, Russ.
nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[=a]s[=a], n[=a]s. ? Cf
{Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.]
1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior
extremity of the head containing the nostrils and
olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See {Nostril},
and {Olfactory organ} under {Olfactory}.
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 bit} (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having
a cutting edge on one side of its boring end
{Nose hammer} (Mach.), a frontal hammer.
{Nose hole} (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace,
before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft
at the beginning of the flattening process.
{Nose key} (Carp.), a fox wedge.
{Nose leaf} (Zo["o]l.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of
skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies
greatly in size and form
{Nose of wax}, fig., a person who is pliant and easily
influenced. ``A nose of wax to be turned every way.''
--Massinger
{Nose piece}, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the
end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is
attached.
{To hold}, {put}, or {bring one's nose to the grindstone}.
See under {Grindstone}.
{To lead by the nose}, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to
follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a
beast. --Shak.
{To put one's nose out of joint}, to humiliate one's pride,
esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another.
[Slang]
{To thrust one's nose into}, to meddle officiously in
{To wipe one's nose of}, to deprive of to rob. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nose \Nose\ (n[=o]z), v. i.
1. To smell; to sniff; to scent. --Audubon.
2. To pry officiously into what does not concern one
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nose \Nose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nosed}; 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nose \Nose\, v. t.
1. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to meet
2. To furnish with a nose; as to nose a stair tread.
3. To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
4. To make by advancing the nose or front end as the train
nosed its way into the statio; (Racing Slang) to beat by
(the length of) a nose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nose \Nose\, v. i.
To push or move with the nose or front forward.
A train of cable cars came nosing along --Hamlin
Garland.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nose
n 1: the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract;
the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals;
"he has a cold in the nose" [syn: {olfactory organ}]
2: a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of
an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on
reentry"
3: the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he
ducked under the nose of the gun"
4: a small distance; "my horse lost the race by a nose"
5: the sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a
good nose"
6: a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals"
7: a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged [syn: {nozzle}]
v 1: search or inquire in a meddlesome way "This guy is always
nosing around the office" [syn: {pry}, {poke}]
2: advance the forward part of with caution: "She nosed the car
into the left lane"
3: catch the scent of get wind of "The dog nosed out the
drugs" [syn: {scent}, {wind}]
4: push or move with the nose
5: rub noses [syn: {nuzzle}]
6: defeat by a narrow margin
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
NOSE, n. The extreme outpost of the face. From the circumstance that
great conquerors have great noses, Getius, whose writings antedate the
age of humor, calls the nose the organ of quell. It has been observed
that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of
others from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that
the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.
There's a man with a Nose,
And wherever he goes
The people run from him and shout:
"No cotton have we
For our ears if so be
He blow that interminous snout!"
So the lawyers applied
For injunction. "Denied,"
Said the Judge: "the defendant prefixion,
Whate'er it portend,
Appears to transcend
The bounds of this court's jurisdiction."
Arpad Singiny
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