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单词 nose-jewel
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nose-jeweln.

Brit. /ˈnəʊzˌdʒuː(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈnoʊzˌdʒu(ə)l/
Forms: see nose n. and jewel n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nose n., jewel n.
Etymology: < nose n. + jewel n.In quot. 1611 at sense 1 after Hebrew nizmē hā'āp, lit. ‘nose-rings’.
1. A jewel or ornament worn in or above a person's nose.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > nose and lip ornaments > [noun]
nose-jewel1611
nose-ring1652
nose-ornament1695
lip-piece1796
labret1831
nose-nail1862
lip-ring1866
labretifery1884
lip-plug1894
bullring1992
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. iii. 21 In that day the Lord will take away..The rings, and nose-iewels.
1640 E. Buckler Buckler against Fear of Death ii. iii. sig. Fv Here are your bonnets, and your net-work-cauls..Your nose-jewels, and your rings.
1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. v. 241 Their Frontal Jewel..fastned on their Foreheads.., call'd..a Nose-Jewel.
1718 A. Pope tr. Isaiah iii, in tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. Observ. 1007 The Headbands, and the Tablets, and the Ear-rings, the Rings and Nose-jewels.
1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 465 Among the gold pieces are the nose-jewels.
1813 Gentleman's Mag. 83 ii. 351 Nor could even Fatima's beautiful face reconcile me to the nose jewel.
1862 M. E. Rogers Domest. Life Palestine 381 An artificial clove made of gold, with a pearl..at the top, is a very favourite nose-jewel.
1893 Cent. Mag. Aug. 507/1 I have got a nose-jewel for you, which I shall put in when I get home.
1926 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Ireland 56 92 The Pōkanāti women are not allowed to pierce the nostrils or to wear a nose jewel.
1978 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 43 She had fought him laughing that day he bought her the Hindu nose-jewel.
1998 A. Sealy Everest Hotel (1999) 164 With fragrant oil he massages the small of her back,..with gardenia the nose and the nose jewel, with spider lily either eye, [etc.].
2. In extended use. A ring through a pig's snout. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > nose-ring
hog ring1648
staple1688
staple-ring1707
nose-jewel1844
pig ring1862
snout-ring1875
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 705 The best material for making the nose-jewels of swine is horse-shoe nails.
1867 Sci. Amer. 25 May 335/3 (heading) Nose jewel for swine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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