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 steer; to direct one's course; to go.
His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.
3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
{To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.
{To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. ``The French
. . . had put back to Toulon.'' --Southey.
{To put forth}.
(a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. ``Take earth from under
walls where nettles put forth.'' --Bacon.
(b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.
{To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.
{To put in for}.
(a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share
of profits.
(b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a
hawk.
(c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.
--Locke.
{To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as
a ship; to move from the shore.
{To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.
{To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.
{To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to
advance into the ocean.
{To put up}.
(a) To take lodgings; to lodge.
(b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
2. A certain game at cards. --Young.
3. A privilege which one party buys of another to ``put''
(deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc.,
at a certain price and date. [Brokers' Cant]
A put and a call may be combined in one instrument,
the holder of which may either buy or sell as he
chooses at the fixed price. --Johnson's
Cyc.
Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign.
--Bramston.
What droll puts the citizens seem in it all. --F.
Harrison.
His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy
spiritual employment. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;
figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified
relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated
mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put
a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.
This present dignity, In which that I have put you.
--Chaucer.
I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.
iii. 15.
He put no trust in his servants. --Job iv. 18.
When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts
invincible might. --Milton.
In the mean time other measures were put in
operation. --Sparks.
3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong
construction on an act or expression.
4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]
No man hath more love than this, that a man put his
life for his friends. --Wyclif (John
xv. 13).
5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;
to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;
figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes
followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a
question; to put a case.
Let us now put that ye have leave. --Chaucer.
Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.
These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.
--Milton.
All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.
6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.
Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.
--Milton.
7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion ``overhand,'' the
hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in
athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working
to the tramway. --Raymond.
{Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or
suppose the case to be.
Put case that the soul after departure from the body
may live. --Bp. Hall.
{To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as
a ship.
{To put away}.
(a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.
(b) To divorce.
{To put back}.
(a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to
delay.
(b) To refuse; to deny.
Coming from thee, I could not put him back.
--Shak.
(c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.
(d) To restore to the original place; to replace.
{To put by}.
(a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. ``Smiling put the
question by.'' --Tennyson.
(b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by
money.
{To put down}.
(a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.
(b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.
(c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to
suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down
rebellion or traitors.
Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.
--Shak.
Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.
(d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.
{To put forth}.
(a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to
come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.
(b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into
action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.
(c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.
(d) To publish, as a book.
{To put forward}.
(a) To advance to a position of prominence or
responsibility; to promote.
(b) To cause to make progress; to aid.
(c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.
{To put in}.
(a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to
introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while
others are discoursing.
(b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.
(c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place
among the records of a court. --Burrill.
(d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.
{To put off}.
(a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to
put off mortality. ``Put off thy shoes from off thy
feet.'' --Ex. iii. 5.
(b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;
to baffle.
I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius
hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.
We might put him off with this answer.
--Bentley.
(c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off
repentance.
(d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass
fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an
ingenious theory