n. - 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.
n. - The power of smelling; hence, scent.
n. - 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.
v. t. - To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
v. t. - To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
v. t. - To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
v. i. - To smell; to sniff; to scent.
v. i. - To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
v. t. - To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.
v. t. - To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.
v. t. - To examine with the nose or sense of smell.
v. t. - To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the statio;
v. t. - to beat by (the length of) a nose.
v. i. - To push or move with the nose or front forward.