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Definition: Nose of wax
Nose
\Nose\ (n[=o]z), n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase,
OHG. nasa, Icel. n["o]s, Sw. n["a]sa, Dan. n["a]se, Lith.
nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[=a]s[=a], n[=a]s.
[root]261. Cf.
Nasal,
Nasturtium,
Naze,
Nostril,
Nozzle.]
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1. (Anat.) 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.
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2. The power of smelling; hence, scent.
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We are not offended with a dog for a better nose
than his master. --Collier.
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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.
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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 one's nose to the grindstone,
To put one's nose to the grindstone
, or
To 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]
on the nose,
(a) exactly, accurately.
(b) (racing) to win, as opposed to
to place or
to show
.
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