Nose (nōz), n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. nös, Sw. näsa, Dan. näse, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. nāsā, nās. √261. Cf. Nasal, Nasturtium, Naze, Nostril, Nozzle.]
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.
2. The power of smelling; hence, scent.
We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. Collier.
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.
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(Zoöl.), 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, put, orbring 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. — To thrust one's nose into, to meddle officiously in. — To wipe one's nose of, to deprive of; to rob.