Section M, N, and O

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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.

Nose (nōz), v. i.
1. To smell; to sniff; to scent.
Audubon.

2. To pry officiously into what does not
concern one.

Nose"bag` (?), n. A bag in which
feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by
a string passing over the head.

Nose"band` (?), n. That part of
the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

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