Chapter Noropianic to Notable of N by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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) v. i.

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

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

Nosebag
(Nose"bag`) n. A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.

Noseband
(Nose"band`) n. That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

Nosebleed
(Nose"bleed`) n.

1. A bleeding at the nose.

2. (Bot.) The yarrow. See Yarrow.

Nosed
(Nosed) a. Having a nose, or such a nose; — chieflay used in composition; as, pug- nosed.

Nosegay
(Nose"gay`) n. [Nose + gay in the sense of a gay or showy thing.] A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. Pope.

Nosel
(Nos"el) v. t. [See Noursle.] To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle. [Obs.]

If any man use the Scripture . . . to nosel thee in anything save in Christ, he is a false prophet.

Tyndale.

Noseless
(Nose"less) a. Destitute of a nose.

Nosesmart
(Nose"smart`) n. (Bot.) A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium.