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nōse
n.(1)
76 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The nose as part of the human body;
pl.
nostrils; -- in early quots.;
brigge of the nose
, bridge of the nose [see also
brigge 2.
(f)];
cop (butte) of the nose
, tip of the nose [see also
cop 2.
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