Nose /(nōz)/

Nose

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. (Anat.)
The power of smelling; hence, scent.
We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master.
— Collier.
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: a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.
Nose hammer: a frontal hammer.
Nose hole: 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: a fox wedge.
Nose leaf: 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: a person who is pliant and easily influenced.
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 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.
To put one's nose out of joint: to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another.
To thrust one's nose into: to meddle officiously in.
To wipe one's nose of: to deprive of; to rob.
on the nose: exactly, accurately.

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Nosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nosing

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.
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.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.]
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. (Racing Slang)

v. i.

To push or move with the nose or front forward.
A train of cable cars came nosing along.
— Hamlin Garland.

v. i.