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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nose \nose\, v. t. imp. p. p. nosed n=ozd; p. pr. vb.
n. nosing.
1. to smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
1913 webster
2. to touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against;
hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
1913 webster
lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. --tennyson.
1913 webster
a sort of national convention, dubious in its nature
. . . nosed parliament in the very seat of its
authority. --burke.
1913 webster
3. to utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal
twang; as, to nose a prayer. r. --cowley.
1913 webster
4. to confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
webster 1913 suppl.
5. to furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
webster 1913 suppl.
6. to examine with the nose or sense of smell.
webster 1913 suppl.
7. to make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train
nosed its way into the station;
webster 1913 suppl.
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.
webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
nosed nosing nose out
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nosed \nosed\, a.
having a nose, or such a nose; -- chiefly used in
composition; as, pug-nosed.
1913 webster nosedive
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
nosed
adj : having a nose either literal or metaphoric especially of a
specified kind ant: noseless
see also:
noseless
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