Nose (?), 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. nAsA, nAs. &?; 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 (Zoöl.), 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]
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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.
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Nose (nOz), v. i.
1.
To smell; to sniff; to scent. Audubon.
2.
To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
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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.
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Nose (?), v. i.
To push or move with the nose or front forward.
A train of cable cars came nosing along.
Hamlin Garland.
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