NOSED - 4 definitions found
nosed adj 1: having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind [ant: noseless] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) nosed adjective Date: 1505 having a nose especially of a specified kind — usually used in combination <snub-nosed> Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Nosed \Nosed\, a. Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition; as, pug-nosed. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Nose \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. |
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