Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nosing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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