Definitions for the word "nose" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The power of smelling; hence, scent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To smell; to sniff; to scent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 organ above the mouth of a human or animal, used for smelling and breathing. 2 a sense of smell. B ability to detect a particular thing (a nose for scandal). 3 odour or perfume of wine etc. 4 front end or projecting part of a thing, e.g. Of a car or aircraft. v. (-sing) 1 (usu. Foll. By about, around, etc.) Pry or search. 2 (often foll. By out) a perceive the smell of, discover by smell. B detect. 3 thrust one''s nose against or into. 4 make one''s way cautiously forward. by a nose by a very narrow margin.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. slang
a thief who turns informer; a paid spy; generally called a
policeman’s NOSE; “on the NOSE,” on the look-out.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
11. slang
to give information to the police, to turn approver.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
12. slang
“to pay through the NOSE,” to pay an extravagant price.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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