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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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