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nostriln. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nose n., thirl n.1 Etymology: < nose n. + thirl n.1 Compare Old Frisian nosterle . Compare nose-thirl n., a later compound of the same two elements. Compare also nasethirl n., nesethirl n.For the assimilation of -sþ- to -st- in Old English see A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §481.1 and compare lest conj. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > nostril α. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) vi. 59 Þa wearð þæt hus afylled mid wunderlicum bræðe..and se bræð on heora nosðyrlum ne ateorode. OE tr. (Hatton) (O.E.D. transcript) vii. 256 Wiþ blodryne of nosum adryg gate blod & gnid to duste, do on þæt nosþyrl, hyt wiðstandeþ. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius (Hatton) (O.E.D. transcript) (1984) i. 32 Wiþ swilcne blodryne of nosum genim þa ylcan wyrte..& do on þa nosþyrlu [?a1200 Harl. 6258B nosþyrle]. c1500 Young Children's Bk. (Ashm. 61) in (2002) i. 25 Wype not thi nose nor þi nos-thirlys. 1597 T. Beard i. xxv. 148 See what a hooke the Lord put in the nosthrils of this barking dogge. 1614 J. Norden sig. Hv Her nosthrels wide, her breath a stinking sent. a1627 T. Middleton (1945) 9 They're downe his throate. his mouth cramb'd full; his Eares, and Nosthrills stufft. 1669 W. Simpson 95 Vapours..distill..by the nosthrils. 1818 W. Scott I. iv. 81 What hae the wicked beyond the breath of their nosthrils? 1906 C. M. Doughty I. ii. 67 Rose Hildegond, encumbered her blue eyes, Of acrid mist, which in her nosthrils, pricks. β. OE (1955) 70 Uibra, nosterla hær.OE (1955) 168 Pinnulae, uteweard nosterle.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 11 Precious stones þat schulde..be i-holde to þe nostrelle of men.?c1450 (c1425) Brut (Harl. 24) in (1874) 52 16 (MED) There shall come oute of his nostrelle a droppe that shall be token hunger.1486 sig. cvij Castyng wat thorogh her Nostrellis or hir nares.1535 Job xxvii. 3 As longe as the wynde..is in my nostrels.1576 A. Fleming ⁋iij My nostrells [were fed] with most comfortable sauours.1632 F. Quarles §5 192 Forth from the furnace of his Nostrell, flies A sulpherous vapour.1667 J. Milton x. 280 So sented the grim Feature, and upturn'd His Nostril wide into the murkie Air. View more context for this quotation1709 R. Steele No. 35. ⁋2 To supply his weak Brain with Powder at the nearest Place of Access, viz. the Nostrils.1777 J. Priestley (1782) I. v. 54 Could we have had any idea..of smell without the nostrils, and the olfactory nerves?1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier (abridged ed.) 36 His nostrils, more complicated than those of the monkey, are less so than those of all other genera.1854 D. Brewster iii. 39 The lofty peak with its cap of ice or its nostrils of fire.1931 R. L. Ditmars x. 101 The poisonous species, however, carries its points of marked differentiation in having elliptical pupils, prominent cavity or pit between the eye and nostril, and greater number of plates under the tail in a single row.1967 W. Styron iii. 292 An odor of burnt pine scorched and seared my nostrils.1990 May 124/3 He was so close I could see the flare of his nostrils and hear the thud of his hooves.1995 J. S. Ryland in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland xiv. 712 Cyclostomes possess a single nostril on top of the head.1596 F. Sabie Olde Worldes Trag. in sig. D4 Realmes full of errors, mountaines huge of shrewdnes. The height whereof vnto his throne ascended, And with their stench his nostrils sore offended. 1605 B. Jonson iii. sig. F3 I want braine, Or nostrill to perswade mee, that your endes, And purposes are made to what they are, Before my answer? View more context for this quotation a1729 E. Taylor (1989) 7 Am I denos'de? or doth the Worlds ill sents Engarison my nosthrills narrow bore? 1777 5 343/2 It is a puff that stinks in the nostrils of the living, but reaches not those of the dead. 1812 Burke's Speech Middlesex Election, 1771 in V. 367 Our judgments stink in the nostrils of the people. 1844 R. W. Emerson Nature in (1913) II. 231 There is no end..so sacred or so large, that, if pursued for itself, will not at last become carrion and an offence to the nostril. 1887 J. R. Lowell 78 Its moral nostrils were of an equally masculine temper. a1930 R. Bridges (1936) 432 Good-works, Saith-she, offend her nostril. 1986 J. Nagenda ii. i. 51 To this day the evening was in his very nostrils: the bleak little airport lounge,..the wet hot air. Compounds the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > other disorders of cattle 1708 J. Kersey Nostrils-Dropping, a Distemper in Cattel. 1726 N. Bailey (ed. 3) Nostril Dropping, a Distemper in Cattle. 1884 E. A. Ormerod 8 The Sheep Nostril-Fly, Œstrus (Cephalemyia) ovis, is amongst our regular sheep pests. 1931 K. M. Smith iii. 17 The sheep nostril fly, Cephalomyia ovis, and the cattle fly, Hippobosca equina, also seem only to fly and reproduce in bright sunlight. 1997 88 56 Respiratory diseases.., sheep nostril fly, malnutrition and enterotoxemia affect these livestock with a particular intensity. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > space between nasus and lip 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence III. xxxiv. 481 A part of the nose [sc. of an insect]..which I have..named the Rhinarium or nostril-piece. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nostrilv. Inflections: Present participle nostrilling, (chiefly U.S.) nostriling; past tense and past participle nostrilled, (chiefly U.S.) nostriled; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nostril n. Etymology: < nostril n. Compare earlier nostrilled adj. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [verb (intransitive)] > nostril 1942 A. L. Rowse (1943) 36 The blue summer sea curling round the ships of those emigrant miners, the water nostrilling the stem. 1971 A. Hunter v. 49 He was smoking a small, sooty briar... He nostrilled a couple of wisps of smoke. 1989 M. Ripley (BNC) 201 There had been a young punk called Emma..nostrilling certain noxious and probably illegal substances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE v.1942 |