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English Dictionary: nosed by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nosed
adj
  1. having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind
    Antonym(s): noseless
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nosed \Nosed\, a.
      Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in
      composition; as, pug-nosed.

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.
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