2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently. Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. Tennyson. A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. Burke.
3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] Cowley.
NOSE
Nose (noz), v. i.
1. To smell; to sniff; to scent. Audubon.
2. To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
NOSEBAG
Nose"bag`, n.
Defn: A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.
NOSEBAND
Nose"band`, n.
Defn: That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
NOSEBLEED
Nose"bleed`, n.