English Dictionary: nosing | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for nosing | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nosing \Nos"ing\, n. (Arch.) That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding. |