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Nose (nōz), n. [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.]
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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.
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2. The power of smelling; hence, scent.
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We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. Collier.
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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.”
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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 (Zool.), 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 one's nose to the grindstone, To put one's nose to the grindstone, or To 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] -- on the nose, (a) exactly, accurately. (b) (racing) to win, as opposed to to place or to show.
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Nose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nosed (nōzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Nosing.]
1. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
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2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
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Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. Tennyson.
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A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. Burke.
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3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, “to nose a prayer”. [R.] Cowley.
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4. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
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5. To furnish with a nose; as, “to nose a stair tread”.
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6. To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
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7. To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, “the train nosed its way into the station”;
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8. (Racing Slang) to beat by (the length of) a nose. Hence, to defeat in a contest by a small margin; also used in the form nose out.
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Nose (?), v. i. To push or move with the nose or front forward.
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A train of cable cars came nosing along. Hamlin Garland.
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Nose (nōz), v. i.
1. To smell; to sniff; to scent. Audubon.
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2. To pry officiously into what does not concern one; to nose around.
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