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.
The power of smelling; hence, scent.
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.
To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the station;
to beat by (the length of) a nose.
To push or move with the nose or front forward.
To smell; to sniff; to scent.
To pry officiously into what does not concern one; to nose around.
The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varies much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
A magistrate or policeman.
