Category:Nose

Nose, n. Etym: [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. Nasal, nasturtium, naze, nostril, nozzle.]

1. (anat.)

Defn: 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]

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.

Nose Nose (noz), v. i.

1. To smell; to sniff; to scent. Audubon.

2. To pry officiously into what does not concern one.