[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

nosing \nos"ing\, n. arch.
   that part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over
   the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge
   of a molding.
   1913 webster

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