单词 | nosed |
释义 | nosedadj. 1. Having a keen sense of smell. Chiefly with distinguishing word. Cf. well-nosed adj. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute tender-noseda1425 nosedc1425 high-nosed1548 quick-nosed1561 well-nosed1568 scented1579 well-scented1579 quick-scented1590 nose-wise1596 sagacious1607 scentful1616 nasute1699 nice-scented1777 osmatic1880 nim-nosed1936 c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 94 Þer as moost daunger is, þer sette þe rediest hunters..þe moor daunger, þe elder and þe redier and most tendir nosed hounde. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 19 Now let come forth al these sharpnosed fault finders. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 141 Dogges..are called sharpe..and quicke-nosed. a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) i. ii. 281 Ther's no knavery but is nosde like a dog, and can smell-out a Doggs-meaning. 1672 French Rogue xxi. 140 They all being well nosed, began to smell the perfume. 1792 T. Dermody Memory in Poems 9 With well-nosed pointer, and disploding gun, Oft did I rise, to meet the rising Sun. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iii. 103 Keen and eager, as a fine-nosed Hound By soul-engrossing instinct driven along Through wood or open field, the harmless Man Departs, intent upon his onward quest! View more context for this quotation a1864 J. Clare Early Poems (1989) II. 198 For blood bred steeds no reigns can check & true scent nosed hound For sportsmen fearless of a neck No chace is more renownd. 1936 J. Masefield Let. from Pontus 68 The keeper with his nim-nosed dog at search Flushes them unaware. 2. a. Having a nose, esp. of a specified kind. Chiefly as the second element in compounds.bottle-, flat-, hawk-, hook-, long-, red-nosed, etc.: see as main entries. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose > having cammed?c1350 camoised1393 nosed?1440 hook-nosed1519 snat-nosed1519 flat-nosed1530 bottle-nosed1566 chamoy-nosed1598 saddle-nosed1598 swine-snouted1600 camois-nosed1601 round-nosed1611 nosy1620 flat-nose1636 simous1656 sharp-nosed1675 tutty-nosed1681 Roman-nosed1688 snut-nosed1706 snub-nosed1725 camois1745 blunt-nosed1772 pug-nosed1788 snipy1825 button-nosed1830 nip-nosed1831 leptorrhinian1878 leptorrhine1880 snub1883 knob-nosed1886 long-nose1896 Tartar-nosed1897 Ally Sloper1901 beaky-nosed1923 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 700 (MED) Take oxon yonge, ylymed grete and square..and nosed vpward wide [L. patulis naribus]. 1493 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 445 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 A basene with an ewer of latten, with can[dle]styk dobilnosyd. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 116 Thou shalt destill them in a nosed limbeck in Balneo Mariæ, encreasyng the first fire to the third degre. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle i. i You pocky-nosed rascall, what slaue fees you to this? 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iv. 72 As you take the house, what think you of taking the rest of the furniture?.. Here's a pair of brazen nosed bellows, perhaps you may take a fancy to them? 1806 C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 242 The floor of the Communion [area is] to be raised seven inches and fronted with a nosed step. 1861 All Year Round 18 May 182/2 That loquacious parrot-nosed man in the corner. 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. xi. 238 Seeing their beacon-nosed postillion preparing to mount and failing his jump, Redworth was apprehensive. 1938 M. Mitchell Let. 30 Nov. in Gone with the Wind Lett. (1986) 235 The handkerchiefs are beautiful, and much needed due to the numbers I have lost recently by lending mine to wet-nosed friends. 1993 Atlantic Oct. 123/1 The immense, flame-haired, huge-nosed, huskily booming and whispering hostess. b. Having a nose like that of some other person or animal. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > having nosed1505 snouteda1550 1505 Instr. Henry VII to Ambassadors in Facsimiles National MSS (1865) I. 92 She ys myche lyke nosid vnto the quyn hir moder. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. K.iii A myghty face..Muche nosed lyke a Turky Cocke. 1602 N. Breton Wonders Worth Hearing 169 A strange creature, in the shape of a man..of complection, like rusty Bacon, and nosed like the snoute of an olde Beare. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sea Voy. v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ccccc/1 The slaves are nos'd like Vultures How wilde they look. 1981 ‘E. Peters’ Leper of St Giles (1984) v. 54 A..knight browed and nosed like a falcon. CompoundsΚΠ 1896 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 252 In the second Sub-family are included the Nosed-Monkeys (Nasalis) of Borneo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1425 |
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