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Nose \Nose\ (n[=o]z), n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase,
OHG. nasa, Icel. n["o]s, Sw. n[aum]sa, Dan. n[aum]se, Lith.
nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[=a]s[=a], n[=a]s.
[root]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.
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{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 \Nose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nosed} (n[=o]zd); 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 \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 \Nose\ (n[=o]z), 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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