2. The power of smelling; hence, scent.
We are not offended with a dog for a better nose
than his master. --Collier.
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.
{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} (Zo["o]l.), 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]
2. To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
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.
2. To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
3. To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
4. To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train
nosed its way into the statio; (Racing Slang) to beat by
(the length of) a nose.
A train of cable cars came nosing along. --Hamlin
Garland.