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