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Entry 14 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Nose

/(nōz)/ · IPA /[noʊ̯z]/
01 n. The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See N…
  1. 1.
    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.(Anat.) See: Nostril, Olfactory
  2. 2.
    The power of smelling; hence, scent.
    “We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master.” — Collier.
  3. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Nose bit — a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.
Nose hammer — a frontal hammer.
Nose hole — 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 — a fox wedge.
Nose leaf — 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 — a person who is pliant and easily influenced.
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 — 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.
To put one's nose out of joint — to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another.
To thrust one's nose into — to meddle officiously in.
To wipe one's nose of — to deprive of; to rob.
on the nose — exactly, accurately.
02 v. t. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
imp. & p. p. Nosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nosing
  1. 1.
    To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
  2. 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. 3.
    To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.[R.]
  4. 4.
    To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
  5. 5.
    To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
  6. 6.
    To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
  7. 7.
    To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the station;
  8. 8.
    to beat by (the length of) a nose.(Racing Slang)
03 v. i. To push or move with the nose or front forward.
  1. 1.
    To push or move with the nose or front forward.
    “A train of cable cars came nosing along.” — Hamlin Garland.
04 v. i. To smell; to sniff; to scent.
  1. 1.
    To smell; to sniff; to scent.
  2. 2.
    To pry officiously into what does not concern one; to nose around. See: nose around