nose-endn.
/ˈnəʊzɛnd/, U.S. /ˈnoʊzˈɛnd/ The tip of a person's nose. Later also in extended use (cf. senses at nose n. II.).
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > end
nese enda1425
nose tip1572
nose-end1611
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > barrel > muzzle
mouth1530
muzzle1566
nose-end1961
c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 58 (MED) When..the nose ende waxes scharpe..his eghne waxes holle, the chyn falles..his fete waxes calde..if he rotell, thiese are þe takynynges of dede.
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xviii. 32 The space betweene the Nose ende and the vpper lippe, whence the heare groweth.., and is termed after the Spanishe phrase Moucheacheos.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Prendre You may take your selfe by the nose end; viz...you are as guiltie, faultie, or farre in, as the rest.
1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends III. ii. (stage direct.) They shake hands, he feeles him by the nose end.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §ii. i. 20 Not above five Inches and ½ from his Nose end to his Buttocks.
c1728 Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 573 Brave he was, but saw not his nose end.
1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 111 From his nose-end to his fore-feet, and from thence to his tail, are the same measure.
?1887 J. Hartley Orig. Clock Almanack 1888 8 Her nooas end's sewer to tittle like mad.
1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xi. 108 I just sniff an' sniff. My nose end fair quivers like a rabbit's.
1961 Times 16 Dec. 11/5 Make sure..that mud does not enter the nose-ends [of a gun].
1986 Rail Enthusiast May 20/1 Then in green we have..40101..as preserved with ‘disc’ headcode and ‘full’ yellow nose ends.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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