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The Nose, or extreme part of the face.
To nose one, or affront him to the face.
A hawk-nose.
The Nose-band of a bridle.
Nose-bleed, an herb.
A Nose-gay of flowers.
A Nosel, or nozel of a candlestick.
The Nostrils, (q. d. nose
thrils) or holes of the nose.

John Kersey the younger, A New English Dictionary (1702)

James Howell's Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660) frontispiece,
Courtesy of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
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