Nose

n. [A-S. nosu, nasu, nase, nāse, O. Fries. nose, D. neus, Icel. nös, Sw. näsa, Dan. näse, O. H. Ger. nasa, N. H. Ger. nase, allied to Lat. nasus, Skr. nāsā, Slav. nos; It. naso, Pr. nas, naz, Fr. nez.]

1. The prominent part of the face, which is the organ of smell, consisting of two similar cavities, called nostrils, and serving also to modulate the voice in speaking, and to discharge moisture from the eye, and afford a passage for the breath.
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 vent; a snout; a nozzle; as, the nose of a bellows. Nose of wax, any thing pliant or easily shaped; hence, a person over compliant and accommodating; one who has no will of his own. [Eng.] “A nose of wax, to be turned every way.” Massinger. — To have one’s nose on the grindstone, to be subject to exactions; to be oppressed. — To lead by the nose, to lead blindly; to cause to follow obsequiously; to exact unreasoning and implicit obedience from. — To make a bridge of one’s nose, to pass over or omit him in offering a civility; to pass by him intentionally in serving drink, and the like. — To measure noses, to meet. — To pay through the nose, to give an extravagant price. — To put one’s nose out of joint, to supplant one in the affections of another. — To take pepper in the nose, to take offense. “A man is testy, and anger wrinkles his nose; such a man takes pepper in his nose.” Old Proverb. — To thrust one’s nose into, to meddle officiously in; to interfere with in a meddlesome manner. — To wipe one’s nose of, to deprive of; to rob.