nosern.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊzə/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊzər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nose n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < nose n. + -er suffix¹. With senses 3 and 4 compare also nose v.¹

†1. Nautical. A strong head wind; a wind in one's face. More fully dead noser. Cf. dead wind at dead adj. 31d, nose-ender n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > dead ahead

noser1756

muzzler1857

dead muzzler1874

nose-ender1907

1756 H. Laurens Let. 5 July in Papers (1970) II. 241 Pray what can be become of the Thomas... Tis not improbable he may have met a nozer on the Coast..& bore away to the West Indias.

1852 Beck's Florist 13 The fair wind..soon shifted into an adverse quarter, and off the coast of Scotland..it became a dead noser.

1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 303 The hurricane born of Captain Rice's ‘noser’ came on us fourteen hours after.

2. colloquial.

†a. A blow on the nose. Cf. nose-ender n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head > on the nose

snitch1676

snitchel1676

conker1821

smeller1824

nozzler1828

noser1829

snorter1829

nose-ender1854

1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 353 The Sailor Boy returned another noser.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 12/2 The winner is the man who gives the first ‘noser’; a bloody nose however is required to show that the blow was veritably a noser.

b. A fall on the nose (cf. nosedive n. 1b). Also (Air Force slang): = nosedive n. 1a. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > on head or nose

crowner1850

noser1862

1862 ‘Scrutator’ Country Gentleman II. 42 That Irish Baronet had a noser at the same place.

1940 S. P. E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. LV. 194 One's engine may conk..and take a noser or nose-dive.

3. A prying or inquisitive person, a person who seeks out; spec. (slang) an informer or spy for the police.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > person having

inquisitor?1504

ferret1629

curioso1658

inquisitive1690

numquid1833

pry1837

noser1860

1860 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 336 There are a few men and women among thieves called nosers... They are in the secret pay of the police.

1903 Cincinnati Enquirer 9 May 13/2 Piker..a cheap grafter; a noser; a butterinsky.

1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xiii. 207 Two of the little, brown, oily nosers in red trousers slid in to make an inspection.

1955 H. Martinson Road 128 There was no describing him as you describe a human being, but as a vagrant pot, a noser-out of porridge and pork.

1992 Sunday Times (Nexis) 5 July An East Anglian with a Celtic soul, a visionary writer and incorrigible noser into other people's business.

4. Distilling. A person employed to assess or maintain the quality of an alcoholic drink (esp. whisky) by inhaling the aroma; spec. a master distiller. Cf. nose v.¹ 1c.

ΚΠ

1986 Toronto Star 27 Aug. a23/4 But the one real change across the centuries is that most of the so-called nosers—like wine-tasters, malt-tasters sniff it rather than sip it—now are women.

1993 G. D. Smith Whisky 140 The master distiller or noser as he is usually known will develop his own shorthand which he uses to describe odours.

1997 Independent 3 Mar. i. 3/1 Mr Robertson is the Macallan's chief noser at its Speyside distillery in the Highland village of Craigellachie.

2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 44 ‘Noser’ Ian Morrison, above, described the 1841 Macallan—worth 18 times its weight in gold—as ‘quite fruity, citrusy, and slightly peated’.

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

单词	noser
释义	nosern. Brit. /ˈnəʊzə/, U.S. /ˈnoʊzər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nose n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < nose n. + -er suffix¹. With senses 3 and 4 compare also nose v.¹ †1. Nautical. A strong head wind; a wind in one's face. More fully dead noser. Cf. dead wind at dead adj. 31d, nose-ender n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > dead ahead noser1756 muzzler1857 dead muzzler1874 nose-ender1907 1756 H. Laurens Let. 5 July in Papers (1970) II. 241 Pray what can be become of the Thomas... Tis not improbable he may have met a nozer on the Coast..& bore away to the West Indias. 1852 Beck's Florist 13 The fair wind..soon shifted into an adverse quarter, and off the coast of Scotland..it became a dead noser. 1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 303 The hurricane born of Captain Rice's ‘noser’ came on us fourteen hours after. 2. colloquial. †a. A blow on the nose. Cf. nose-ender n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head > on the nose snitch1676 snitchel1676 conker1821 smeller1824 nozzler1828 noser1829 snorter1829 nose-ender1854 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 353 The Sailor Boy returned another noser. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 12/2 The winner is the man who gives the first ‘noser’; a bloody nose however is required to show that the blow was veritably a noser. b. A fall on the nose (cf. nosedive n. 1b). Also (Air Force slang): = nosedive n. 1a. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > on head or nose crowner1850 noser1862 1862 ‘Scrutator’ Country Gentleman II. 42 That Irish Baronet had a noser at the same place. 1940 S. P. E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. LV. 194 One's engine may conk..and take a noser or nose-dive. 3. A prying or inquisitive person, a person who seeks out; spec. (slang) an informer or spy for the police. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > person having inquisitor?1504 ferret1629 curioso1658 inquisitive1690 numquid1833 pry1837 noser1860 1860 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 336 There are a few men and women among thieves called nosers... They are in the secret pay of the police. 1903 Cincinnati Enquirer 9 May 13/2 Piker..a cheap grafter; a noser; a butterinsky. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xiii. 207 Two of the little, brown, oily nosers in red trousers slid in to make an inspection. 1955 H. Martinson Road 128 There was no describing him as you describe a human being, but as a vagrant pot, a noser-out of porridge and pork. 1992 Sunday Times (Nexis) 5 July An East Anglian with a Celtic soul, a visionary writer and incorrigible noser into other people's business. 4. Distilling. A person employed to assess or maintain the quality of an alcoholic drink (esp. whisky) by inhaling the aroma; spec. a master distiller. Cf. nose v.¹ 1c. ΚΠ 1986 Toronto Star 27 Aug. a23/4 But the one real change across the centuries is that most of the so-called nosers—like wine-tasters, malt-tasters sniff it rather than sip it—now are women. 1993 G. D. Smith Whisky 140 The master distiller or noser as he is usually known will develop his own shorthand which he uses to describe odours. 1997 Independent 3 Mar. i. 3/1 Mr Robertson is the Macallan's chief noser at its Speyside distillery in the Highland village of Craigellachie. 2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 44 ‘Noser’ Ian Morrison, above, described the 1841 Macallan—worth 18 times its weight in gold—as ‘quite fruity, citrusy, and slightly peated’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756
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