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nasute, a. (and n.)|ˈneɪsjuːt|
Also 7 nasut.
[ad. L. nāsūt-us, f. nāsus nose.]
†1. fig. Keen-scented, sagacious. Obs.
1653Gauden Hierasp. 303 The names then of Clergy and Laity, in which the Nasuter Criticks of this age, sent some⁓thing of pride. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. vii. x. 320 Our modern Atheists, especially the more nasute sort of them. 1697Evelyn Numism. vi. 212 If there be some so Nasute..as to undertake the discrimination of..Medals. 1707T. Bray Bibl. Paroch. (ed. 2) 34 note, This is a piece of Knowledge extremely slighted by such as would be accounted Nasute, Critical and Sagacious.
†2. Having a strong sense of smell. Obs. rare—1.
1699Evelyn Acetaria (1729) 132 They are commonly discovered, scented and rooted out by a nasute greedy Swine purposely brought up.
3. Zool. Nose-shaped or having a pronounced proboscis, esp. in reference to a caste of soldier termites of the genus Nasutitermes. Also as n., a termite of this caste.
1884J. Hall in Geol. Mag. Dec. 560 In other forms [of lamellibranchiate molluscs], the anterior extremity becomes nasute or rostrate. 1926R. J. Tillyard Insects Austral. & N.Z. xi. 103 In the family Termitidae the soldiers are sometimes of the nasute type, i.e. they are provided with pear-shaped heads more or less produced anteriorly, above the mandibles, into a narrow, snout-like process. 1934Discovery Nov. 307 (caption) Earthen mound built by nasute termites in northern Australia. 1963A. W. Leftwich Student's Dict. Zool. 160 Nasutes. Soldier-termites: specialized forms within the genus Nasutitermes, able to defend the colony by discharging an acrid secretion from glands situated at the end of a long snout or rostrum. 1970F. J. Gay in Insects of Australia (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization) xv. 292/1 Nasutitermes is widely distributed throughout Australia, particularly in the northern half of the continent. The soldiers are the typical nasute type.
Hence † nasuteness, the quality of being nasute; sagacity. Obs.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. viii. ii. 365 Any man that has but a moderate nasuteness. 1685― Curs. Refl. Baxter Pref. A 2 An Ostentation of his singular Nasuteness. |