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 (Zoöl.), 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]
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.
Nose (nz), v. i. 1. To smell; to sniff; to scent. Audubon.