(a) The nose as part of the human body; pl. nostrils; -- in early quots.; brigge of the ~, bridge of the nose [see also brigge 2. (f)]; cop (butte) of the ~, tip of the nose [see also cop 2. (c)]; (b) the nose as an organ for breathing, smelling, making sounds, etc.; also, the sense of smell; holden here nose(s, stoppen theire noses, to hold their noses, refrain from smelling (sth.); speken in (thurgh) ~, speak nasally; (c) cpds. and combs.: ~ bledinge, bleeding from the nose; ~ bon, the bone of the nose; the nasal bones considered as the frontal extension of the suture running forward from the occipital bone; ~ gai, a nosegay, bouquet; ~ hole, nostril; ~ smellinge, smelling through the nose; ~ snitinge, blowing of the nose; ~ snore, snort, snorting; ~ thirl, q.v.

(a) In phrases: haven his spirit in his ~, to be impetuous or easily angered; in (under) theire ~, directly in front of them; maugre his ~ [see maugre prep. (d)]; taken bi the ~, cut (sb.) short, interrupt; to his ouen ~, to himself, to his own person; (b) in curses and asseverations; (c) in proverbs, etc.

Something resembling a human nose: (a) the beak of a fowl, snout of an animal, trunk of an elephant; (b) a socket on a candlestick for a candle; a projecting doorway; (c) a promontory; -- only in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.52].