nasaln.

Brit.

/ˈneɪzl/, U.S.

/ˈneɪz(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English nazale, Middle English 1600s– nasal, 1500s nasale, 1600s nasall, 1600s nazal.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin nasale ; nasal adj.; French nasal.

Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin nasale (a1250 in a British source in this sense; compare nasel n.); in sense 2 either < Anglo-Norman and Old French nasal (mid 12th cent.), variant of nasel nasel n., or < their etymon post-classical Latin nasale (see nasel n.); in senses 3 and 4 < nasal adj. With sense 3 compare French nasale (1762).Compare apparently isolated borrowing of the Latin plural form in singular use in sense 1:1562 W. Bullein Bulwarke of Defence iii. sig. i. iii Nasalia is a wholsome thyng, to be put into the nose, to comforte the braine; and stoppe the bledyng at the nose.

†1. Medicine. = errhine n. 1, 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > suppositories, etc. > [noun] > for the nose

nasal?a1425

errhine1601

nose-tent1601

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > errhine

nasal?a1425

sternutorya1425

sternutation1547

sneezing-powder1611

sneezing1621

errhine1626

sternutatory1634

sternutative1666

snuff1861

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 57^v (MED) Nazalez [L. nasalia] & gargarismez and clisteriez and finalich þe potagez.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. xxix. 301 Nasale and Erthinum be medicines which be cast into the Nose for many causes.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Catal. Words Art Nasals be Nose-tents.

1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 7 A nasal or errhine of..Pepper-wort.

1688 W. Salmon Doron Med. (ed. 2) i. xxviii. 392 Nasale, is a Medicine causing sneezing.

2. A nosepiece on a helmet. Cf. nasel n. Now historical.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > nose-piece

naselc1330

naserc1425

nasal1480

nosepiece1611

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xiv Hector toke hym thenne by the nasal and drewe the helme over hys heed.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nazal, the Nose-piece of a Helmet.

1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. II. iii. 431 The head, which is protected with a conical steel cap, and a nasal.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 161 Iron hats..broad-brimmed and provided with a nasal.

1898 Cent. Mag. 57 68/1 He would ride in his hat rather than wear the heavy steel cap with the broad nasal.

1959 C. L. Wrenn in Word & Symbol ii. 17 The nasal of the Benty Grange helmet.

1970 R. Barber Knight & Chivalry i. i. 19 The conical helmet of four flat plates riveted together and shaped with a projecting nasal.

3. Phonetics. A nasal speech sound.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > nasal

nasal1669

naso-guttural1669

resonant1845

1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 59 In attempting to pronounce these two Consonants, as likewise the Nasals, and some of the vowels.

1773 W. Kenrick Rhetorical Gram. Eng. Lang. 4 in New Dict. Eng. Lang. All the mute consonants which are silent before a vowel, and gutturals, nasals or palatines after it.

a1794 W. Jones Orthogr. Asiatic Words in Wks. (1799) I. 185 The liquid nasal follows these, being formed by the tongue and roots of the teeth, with..assistance from the other organ.

1844 Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 287 Although the Dutch rejects the nasal in the nominative.

1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. iii. 67 We know how the present English stumble over the French nasals.

1891 A. L. Mayhew Synopsis Old Eng. Phonol. 19 In final unaccented syllables e was developed from a vocalic liquid or nasal.

1943 K. L. Pike Phonetics vii. 143 Contoids include stops, fricative nasals, lateral resonant orals, and central fricative orals.

1991 Amer. Speech 66 286 There are features such as the loss of voiced velar stops after homorganic nasals that are difficult to represent without recourse to phonetic symbols.

4. Anatomy and Zoology. A nasal bone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun]

noseeOE

naseeOE

nebeOE

billa1000

nesec1175

grunyie?a1513

gnomon1582

nib1585

proboscis1631

handle to (also of, on) one's face1675

snot-gall1685

nozzle1689

bowsprit1690

smeller1699

snitch1699

trunk1699

vessel1813

index1817

conk1819

sneezer1820

scent box1826

snorter1829

snuff-box1829

bugle1847

beak1854

nasal1854

sniffer1858

boko1859

snoot1861

snorer1891

horn1893

spectacles-seat1895

razzo1899

beezer1915

schnozzle1926

schnozzola1929

schnozz1930

snozzle1930

honker1942

hooter1958

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 178 The neural spine is usually single, sometimes cleft along the middle; it is the ‘nasal’.

1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iii. 85 The nasals are small bones placed side by side above the nares.

1903 Science 20 Feb. 312/2 Unfortunately the tip of the nasals is lacking, a fact which renders it difficult to determine to which series of rhinoceroses this animal belongs.

1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xviii. 263 On the dorsal side above the olfactory sacs is a pair of triangular bones, the nasals.

1990 M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. iv. 74 Paired nasals, frontals, and parietals form the dorsal surface of the skull.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nasaladj.

Brit.

/ˈneɪzl/, U.S.

/ˈneɪz(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English nastale (transmission error), Middle English 1600s nasale, 1600s– nasal, 1700s (1900s– in sense 3, rare) nazal.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nasalis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nasalis of or relating to the nose (1363 in Chauliac; attested earlier in neuter singular form nasale as noun: see nasal n., nasel n.) < classical Latin nāsus nose (see nase n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Spanish nasál (c1270), Middle French, French nasal (early 16th cent.; 1721 in sense 2a, earliest in form nazal), Italian nasale (1566), Portuguese nasal (1813).With sense 3 compare earlier nasal n., nasel n.

a. Of or relating to the nose.Frequently in anatomical terms, as nasal artery, nasal cartilage, nasal duct, nasal septum, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective]

nasal?a1425

rhinal1857

prenasal1859

intranasal1886

paranasal1909

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 136^v (MED) To caste in within þe noseþrillez with an embote nasale pillulez diacastorum dissolued.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vein Nasal vein, the nose vein, seated between the nostrils.

1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 89 Its nasal Process is connected to the nasal Lamella ossis ethmoidis.

1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 194 There does not appear any passage..but the mouth and nasal holes.

1826 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 5) 319 Whenever the tears cannot pass freely through the nasal duct into the nose.

1855 L. Holden Human Osteol. 104 Nasal fossæ. These cavities open widely to the air in front through the nostrils.

1893 H. Allen Handbk. Local Therapeutics 113 The use of this agent, in the treatment of chronic nasal catarrh.

1926 H. E. Jordan & J. E. Kindred Textbk. Embryol. xx. 407 The oronasal groove is obliterated by the fusion of the median nasal and maxillary processes to form the upper lip.

1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 541/2 The usual symptoms of rhinolithiasis are nasal obstruction, purulent nasal discharge, foul breath, epistaxis and headaches.

1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) x. 323 The response to onions and formaldehyde leads to nasal, respiratory and eye responses as well as those of smell.

1990 Q. Jrnl. Med. 77 1263 CT scan had revealed masses on either side of the nasal septum and in the parasellar region.

b. Received through the nose.

ΚΠ

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 363 I had no nasal perception of any mephitic exhalation.

1898 Proc. Royal Soc. 63 243 The face-piece was supplied with a glass tube..another tube served for the nasal inspiration from the outside of the chamber.

1972 Science 7 Jan. 84 Sniffing involves increase in the mean frequency of nasal inhalations and in the overall rate of odor sampling.

c. Medicine. Of a treatment or instrument: applied to or used on the nose.

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1512/2 Nasal Speculum, an instrument for distending the nostrils to expose the mucous membrane of the nose.

1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 214 Nasal Truss..for correcting deformities of the Nose.

1958 M. W. Falconer & M. R. Norman Drug, Nurse, Patient xviii. 294 While nasal decongestants do have value, as a general rule there is a great tendency to overuse this type of medication.

1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 382/2 Otitis media..had developed secondary to nasal packs inserted at his initial bleeding.

1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) xxxi. 556 Nasal rubber prongs, may be used as a means of applying CPAP.

a. Phonetics. Of a speech sound: that involves in its articulation, to a greater or less degree, lowering of the soft palate and a consequent audible flow of air through the cavity of the nose. Cf. nasalized adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > sonant > nasal

nasal1666

subnasal1849

1666 J. Eliot Indian Gram. Begun 4 It is thus..that their Language is so full of../ô/ Nasal.

1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 45 There are but 3 Nasal Letters commonly in use.

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) (at cited word) The N is a nasal consonant.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 309 Why the French language should have so many nazal endings.

1855 D. Forbes Hindústání Gram. 6 At the end of a word..it generally has a nasal sound, like the French n.

1890 H. Sweet Primer Spoken Eng. 1 In nasal sounds, such as m, the passage into the nose is left open.

1936 Science 16 Oct. 352/2 But no Esperanto word can possibly end in ‘ng,’ since that nasal sound is not employed at all in Esperanto.

1991 Lang. in Society 20 476 Why limit treatment of the phonology of Québec French to the nasal vowels and assibilation of t > ts and d > dz?

b. gen. Frequently derogatory. Of speech, etc.: characterized, to an unusual extent, by the presence of nasal or nasalized sounds. Also in extended use. Cf. nasal twang n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking through the nose > nasal

nasal1669

snuffling1819

1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 59 Some Nations may be found to have a peculiar Guttural or Nasal smatch in their Language.

1805 N. Nicholls Reminisc. Gray in Corr. Gray & N. Nicholls (1843) 40 Mason replied instantly, in a surly, nasal tone.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 253 The nasal character of the ecclesiastical music of that period.

1883 G. W. Curtis in Harper's Mag. Dec. 13/2 They..worshipped God in ice-cold barns and with endless nasal prayers.

1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance (1949) i. ii. 19 A nasal drawl, ‘We will sure—ly.’

1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. xix. 156 The Bishop..began to soothe him. His accent became more sweet and nasal and Canadian.

1964 I. Wallace Man (1965) vi. 530 The Judge spoke several times, in his nasal fashion, of his reading.

1987 Woman's Own 6 June 56/2 That dropping of the aitches, the slight nasal inflection in the voice..they're all here today.

c. Applied to snoring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [adjective] > snoring > through nose

nasal1803

1803 W. H. Ireland Rhapsodies 49 A father was sitting absorbed in sleep, And his loud nasal sounds were sonorous and deep.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 8 The nasal communications of two or three..who, having been silent while awake, were..indemnifying the company in their sleep.

1884 D. Pae Eustace 105 Certain vigorous nasal sounds gave token that he was in a deep slumber.

1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Aug. (Weekend) 1 The houses, with all systems go, seem to be snoring. GE air-conditioners make a mouth-open snore, Westinghouse does a more nasal sound, casement units drool.

2000 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 3 June The sound, in fact, came, from a snorer..who slept by an open window and whose rich, nocturnal nasal noises had jolted Rommel's Afrika Korps.

3. Having a nosepiece. rare. historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [adjective] > attributes of helmet

beavered1610

quatre-crested1791

nasal1824

combed1825

visored1834

visorless1848

1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour I. 26 He wears a nasal helmet, and a hauberk with tight sleeves.

1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe iii. 69 Horsemen with nazal helmets.

Compounds

nasal bone n. Anatomy and Zoology either of a pair of bones forming the bridge and base of the nose.

ΚΠ

1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 134 The nasal Bones are firm and solid.

1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 95 The Face, properly speaking..extends vertically from the upper edge of the nasal bones to the chin.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiii. 312 The naso-turbinals are a pair of thin laminæ of bone..fused with the under surfaces of the nasal bones.

1980 Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) iii. 299/1 The two nasal bones articulate with each other in the median plane and both articulate with the frontal bone above.

nasal meatus n. Anatomy any of three air passages formed by the conchae of the nasal cavity (usually with modifying word).

ΚΠ

1884 Proc. Royal Soc. 37 248 [The lachrymal duct] descends obliquely downwards and outwards in the lower forms..; the degree of obliquity depending on the width of the inferior nasal meatus.

1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 94 There is a noticeable reduction in the thickness of the mucous membrane where it lines the nasal meatuses.

2000 Nucl. Med. Communications 21 1029 A single droplet of..macroaggregated albumin..was deposited on the floor of the nasal meatus.

nasal-sounding adj. characterized by the presence of nasal or nasalized sounds.

ΚΠ

1894 ‘M. O'Rell’ John Bull & Co. 37 Half a dozen Samoans were joining in with their cracked nasal-sounding voices.

2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 28 July b1 Downtown streets teem with nasal-sounding nighthawks.

nasal spray n. a liquid medication which is inhaled as a fine spray; (also) a device for administering such a spray.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment

wresting thread1616

tractors1798

tetanomotor1860

examining table1877

wire instrumenta1884

wristband1884

nasal spray1888

mackintosh sheet1889

gas mask1892

bath-bed1894

inspissator1897

Murphy's button1899

trembling-chair1899

solenoid1901

sunray1921

oxygenator1928

white cane1930

white stick1930

microdrive1955

photocoagulator1965

bubble1966

stimoceiver1967

hospital gown1970

smart pill1988

1888 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Feb. 243/1 (heading) General symptoms sometimes produced by nasal sprays of cocaine.

1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 2/6 Last year I mentioned the introduction of a..nasal spray.

1975 ‘R. Lewis’ Double Take iii. 116 The man..came up with his nasal spray. He unscrewed the green plastic top, inserted it into his left nostril, squeezed, and sniffed hard.

2001 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) 10 May 31 Decongestants in the form of nasal sprays are excellent for clearing blocked noses.

nasal twang n. a nasal intonation; cf. twang n.¹ 2a.

ΚΠ

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 436 Odious as the nasal twang Heard at conventicle.

1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics 8 Many speakers pronounce all their vowels with imperfect closure of the nose passage, which gives their pronunciation the so-called ‘nasal twang’.

1996 Guardian 6 Sept. (Preview section) 14/1 If it's college rock..you need, Stipe's nasal twang and enigmatic lyrics are the benchmarks.

nasal-twanged adj. having or characterized by a nasal twang or intonation.

ΚΠ

1804 Ann. Rev. 1803 2 528/1 The shibboleth of our nasal-twanged neighbours.

2003 C. Brown Driven by Ideas v. 54 I seem to still hear the nasal- twanged voice of the guide.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nasal
释义	nasaln. Brit. /ˈneɪzl/, U.S. /ˈneɪz(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English nazale, Middle English 1600s– nasal, 1500s nasale, 1600s nasall, 1600s nazal. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin nasale ; nasal adj.; French nasal. Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin nasale (a1250 in a British source in this sense; compare nasel n.); in sense 2 either < Anglo-Norman and Old French nasal (mid 12th cent.), variant of nasel nasel n., or < their etymon post-classical Latin nasale (see nasel n.); in senses 3 and 4 < nasal adj. With sense 3 compare French nasale (1762).Compare apparently isolated borrowing of the Latin plural form in singular use in sense 1:1562 W. Bullein Bulwarke of Defence iii. sig. i. iii Nasalia is a wholsome thyng, to be put into the nose, to comforte the braine; and stoppe the bledyng at the nose. †1. Medicine. = errhine n. 1, 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > suppositories, etc. > [noun] > for the nose nasal?a1425 errhine1601 nose-tent1601 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > errhine nasal?a1425 sternutorya1425 sternutation1547 sneezing-powder1611 sneezing1621 errhine1626 sternutatory1634 sternutative1666 snuff1861 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 57^v (MED) Nazalez [L. nasalia] & gargarismez and clisteriez and finalich þe potagez. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. xxix. 301 Nasale and Erthinum be medicines which be cast into the Nose for many causes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Catal. Words Art Nasals be Nose-tents. 1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 7 A nasal or errhine of..Pepper-wort. 1688 W. Salmon Doron Med. (ed. 2) i. xxviii. 392 Nasale, is a Medicine causing sneezing. 2. A nosepiece on a helmet. Cf. nasel n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > nose-piece naselc1330 naserc1425 nasal1480 nosepiece1611 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xiv Hector toke hym thenne by the nasal and drewe the helme over hys heed. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nazal, the Nose-piece of a Helmet. 1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. II. iii. 431 The head, which is protected with a conical steel cap, and a nasal. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 161 Iron hats..broad-brimmed and provided with a nasal. 1898 Cent. Mag. 57 68/1 He would ride in his hat rather than wear the heavy steel cap with the broad nasal. 1959 C. L. Wrenn in Word & Symbol ii. 17 The nasal of the Benty Grange helmet. 1970 R. Barber Knight & Chivalry i. i. 19 The conical helmet of four flat plates riveted together and shaped with a projecting nasal. 3. Phonetics. A nasal speech sound. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > nasal nasal1669 naso-guttural1669 resonant1845 1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 59 In attempting to pronounce these two Consonants, as likewise the Nasals, and some of the vowels. 1773 W. Kenrick Rhetorical Gram. Eng. Lang. 4 in New Dict. Eng. Lang. All the mute consonants which are silent before a vowel, and gutturals, nasals or palatines after it. a1794 W. Jones Orthogr. Asiatic Words in Wks. (1799) I. 185 The liquid nasal follows these, being formed by the tongue and roots of the teeth, with..assistance from the other organ. 1844 Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 287 Although the Dutch rejects the nasal in the nominative. 1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. iii. 67 We know how the present English stumble over the French nasals. 1891 A. L. Mayhew Synopsis Old Eng. Phonol. 19 In final unaccented syllables e was developed from a vocalic liquid or nasal. 1943 K. L. Pike Phonetics vii. 143 Contoids include stops, fricative nasals, lateral resonant orals, and central fricative orals. 1991 Amer. Speech 66 286 There are features such as the loss of voiced velar stops after homorganic nasals that are difficult to represent without recourse to phonetic symbols. 4. Anatomy and Zoology. A nasal bone. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 178 The neural spine is usually single, sometimes cleft along the middle; it is the ‘nasal’. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iii. 85 The nasals are small bones placed side by side above the nares. 1903 Science 20 Feb. 312/2 Unfortunately the tip of the nasals is lacking, a fact which renders it difficult to determine to which series of rhinoceroses this animal belongs. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xviii. 263 On the dorsal side above the olfactory sacs is a pair of triangular bones, the nasals. 1990 M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. iv. 74 Paired nasals, frontals, and parietals form the dorsal surface of the skull. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nasaladj. Brit. /ˈneɪzl/, U.S. /ˈneɪz(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English nastale (transmission error), Middle English 1600s nasale, 1600s– nasal, 1700s (1900s– in sense 3, rare) nazal. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nasalis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nasalis of or relating to the nose (1363 in Chauliac; attested earlier in neuter singular form nasale as noun: see nasal n., nasel n.) < classical Latin nāsus nose (see nase n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Spanish nasál (c1270), Middle French, French nasal (early 16th cent.; 1721 in sense 2a, earliest in form nazal), Italian nasale (1566), Portuguese nasal (1813).With sense 3 compare earlier nasal n., nasel n. 1. a. Of or relating to the nose.Frequently in anatomical terms, as nasal artery, nasal cartilage, nasal duct, nasal septum, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] nasal?a1425 rhinal1857 prenasal1859 intranasal1886 paranasal1909 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 136^v (MED) To caste in within þe noseþrillez with an embote nasale pillulez diacastorum dissolued. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vein Nasal vein, the nose vein, seated between the nostrils. 1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 89 Its nasal Process is connected to the nasal Lamella ossis ethmoidis. 1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 194 There does not appear any passage..but the mouth and nasal holes. 1826 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 5) 319 Whenever the tears cannot pass freely through the nasal duct into the nose. 1855 L. Holden Human Osteol. 104 Nasal fossæ. These cavities open widely to the air in front through the nostrils. 1893 H. Allen Handbk. Local Therapeutics 113 The use of this agent, in the treatment of chronic nasal catarrh. 1926 H. E. Jordan & J. E. Kindred Textbk. Embryol. xx. 407 The oronasal groove is obliterated by the fusion of the median nasal and maxillary processes to form the upper lip. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 541/2 The usual symptoms of rhinolithiasis are nasal obstruction, purulent nasal discharge, foul breath, epistaxis and headaches. 1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) x. 323 The response to onions and formaldehyde leads to nasal, respiratory and eye responses as well as those of smell. 1990 Q. Jrnl. Med. 77 1263 CT scan had revealed masses on either side of the nasal septum and in the parasellar region. b. Received through the nose. ΚΠ 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 363 I had no nasal perception of any mephitic exhalation. 1898 Proc. Royal Soc. 63 243 The face-piece was supplied with a glass tube..another tube served for the nasal inspiration from the outside of the chamber. 1972 Science 7 Jan. 84 Sniffing involves increase in the mean frequency of nasal inhalations and in the overall rate of odor sampling. c. Medicine. Of a treatment or instrument: applied to or used on the nose. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1512/2 Nasal Speculum, an instrument for distending the nostrils to expose the mucous membrane of the nose. 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 214 Nasal Truss..for correcting deformities of the Nose. 1958 M. W. Falconer & M. R. Norman Drug, Nurse, Patient xviii. 294 While nasal decongestants do have value, as a general rule there is a great tendency to overuse this type of medication. 1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 382/2 Otitis media..had developed secondary to nasal packs inserted at his initial bleeding. 1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) xxxi. 556 Nasal rubber prongs, may be used as a means of applying CPAP. 2. a. Phonetics. Of a speech sound: that involves in its articulation, to a greater or less degree, lowering of the soft palate and a consequent audible flow of air through the cavity of the nose. Cf. nasalized adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > sonant > nasal nasal1666 subnasal1849 1666 J. Eliot Indian Gram. Begun 4 It is thus..that their Language is so full of../ô/ Nasal. 1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 45 There are but 3 Nasal Letters commonly in use. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) (at cited word) The N is a nasal consonant. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 309 Why the French language should have so many nazal endings. 1855 D. Forbes Hindústání Gram. 6 At the end of a word..it generally has a nasal sound, like the French n. 1890 H. Sweet Primer Spoken Eng. 1 In nasal sounds, such as m, the passage into the nose is left open. 1936 Science 16 Oct. 352/2 But no Esperanto word can possibly end in ‘ng,’ since that nasal sound is not employed at all in Esperanto. 1991 Lang. in Society 20 476 Why limit treatment of the phonology of Québec French to the nasal vowels and assibilation of t > ts and d > dz? b. gen. Frequently derogatory. Of speech, etc.: characterized, to an unusual extent, by the presence of nasal or nasalized sounds. Also in extended use. Cf. nasal twang n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking through the nose > nasal nasal1669 snuffling1819 1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 59 Some Nations may be found to have a peculiar Guttural or Nasal smatch in their Language. 1805 N. Nicholls Reminisc. Gray in Corr. Gray & N. Nicholls (1843) 40 Mason replied instantly, in a surly, nasal tone. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 253 The nasal character of the ecclesiastical music of that period. 1883 G. W. Curtis in Harper's Mag. Dec. 13/2 They..worshipped God in ice-cold barns and with endless nasal prayers. 1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance (1949) i. ii. 19 A nasal drawl, ‘We will sure—ly.’ 1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. xix. 156 The Bishop..began to soothe him. His accent became more sweet and nasal and Canadian. 1964 I. Wallace Man (1965) vi. 530 The Judge spoke several times, in his nasal fashion, of his reading. 1987 Woman's Own 6 June 56/2 That dropping of the aitches, the slight nasal inflection in the voice..they're all here today. c. Applied to snoring. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [adjective] > snoring > through nose nasal1803 1803 W. H. Ireland Rhapsodies 49 A father was sitting absorbed in sleep, And his loud nasal sounds were sonorous and deep. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 8 The nasal communications of two or three..who, having been silent while awake, were..indemnifying the company in their sleep. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 105 Certain vigorous nasal sounds gave token that he was in a deep slumber. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Aug. (Weekend) 1 The houses, with all systems go, seem to be snoring. GE air-conditioners make a mouth-open snore, Westinghouse does a more nasal sound, casement units drool. 2000 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 3 June The sound, in fact, came, from a snorer..who slept by an open window and whose rich, nocturnal nasal noises had jolted Rommel's Afrika Korps. 3. Having a nosepiece. rare. historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [adjective] > attributes of helmet beavered1610 quatre-crested1791 nasal1824 combed1825 visored1834 visorless1848 1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour I. 26 He wears a nasal helmet, and a hauberk with tight sleeves. 1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe iii. 69 Horsemen with nazal helmets. Compounds nasal bone n. Anatomy and Zoology either of a pair of bones forming the bridge and base of the nose. ΚΠ 1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 134 The nasal Bones are firm and solid. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 95 The Face, properly speaking..extends vertically from the upper edge of the nasal bones to the chin. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiii. 312 The naso-turbinals are a pair of thin laminæ of bone..fused with the under surfaces of the nasal bones. 1980 Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) iii. 299/1 The two nasal bones articulate with each other in the median plane and both articulate with the frontal bone above. nasal meatus n. Anatomy any of three air passages formed by the conchae of the nasal cavity (usually with modifying word). ΚΠ 1884 Proc. Royal Soc. 37 248 [The lachrymal duct] descends obliquely downwards and outwards in the lower forms..; the degree of obliquity depending on the width of the inferior nasal meatus. 1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 94 There is a noticeable reduction in the thickness of the mucous membrane where it lines the nasal meatuses. 2000 Nucl. Med. Communications 21 1029 A single droplet of..macroaggregated albumin..was deposited on the floor of the nasal meatus. nasal-sounding adj. characterized by the presence of nasal or nasalized sounds. ΚΠ 1894 ‘M. O'Rell’ John Bull & Co. 37 Half a dozen Samoans were joining in with their cracked nasal-sounding voices. 2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 28 July b1 Downtown streets teem with nasal-sounding nighthawks. nasal spray n. a liquid medication which is inhaled as a fine spray; (also) a device for administering such a spray. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment wresting thread1616 tractors1798 tetanomotor1860 examining table1877 wire instrumenta1884 wristband1884 nasal spray1888 mackintosh sheet1889 gas mask1892 bath-bed1894 inspissator1897 Murphy's button1899 trembling-chair1899 solenoid1901 sunray1921 oxygenator1928 white cane1930 white stick1930 microdrive1955 photocoagulator1965 bubble1966 stimoceiver1967 hospital gown1970 smart pill1988 1888 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Feb. 243/1 (heading) General symptoms sometimes produced by nasal sprays of cocaine. 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 2/6 Last year I mentioned the introduction of a..nasal spray. 1975 ‘R. Lewis’ Double Take iii. 116 The man..came up with his nasal spray. He unscrewed the green plastic top, inserted it into his left nostril, squeezed, and sniffed hard. 2001 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) 10 May 31 Decongestants in the form of nasal sprays are excellent for clearing blocked noses. nasal twang n. a nasal intonation; cf. twang n.¹ 2a. ΚΠ 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 436 Odious as the nasal twang Heard at conventicle. 1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics 8 Many speakers pronounce all their vowels with imperfect closure of the nose passage, which gives their pronunciation the so-called ‘nasal twang’. 1996 Guardian 6 Sept. (Preview section) 14/1 If it's college rock..you need, Stipe's nasal twang and enigmatic lyrics are the benchmarks. nasal-twanged adj. having or characterized by a nasal twang or intonation. ΚΠ 1804 Ann. Rev. 1803 2 528/1 The shibboleth of our nasal-twanged neighbours. 2003 C. Brown Driven by Ideas v. 54 I seem to still hear the nasal- twanged voice of the guide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425adj.?a1425
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