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nosed |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nosed \Nosed\, a. Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition; as pug-nosed. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nosed adj : having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind [ant: {noseless}]
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