nosebag

• This is not so much putting the cart before the horse, as eating the dung before the nosebag. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
• The child I already have, thank you, God is once again refusing his nosebag, losing weight - and does not appear to be refluxing on this occasion. —  WordPress.com News
• Another remedy is to feed warm mashes of wheat bran from a nosebag, so that the relaxing effects of the water vapor may be secured The two lacrimal openings, situated at the inner angle of the eye, may fail to admit the tears by reason of their deviation outward in connection with the eversion of the lower lid or by reason of their constriction in inflammation of the mucous membrane. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
• The last thing that will remain to thee will be thy tongue, for we have need of that to utter the truth Three times the nosebag was applied to Hunsa, like the black cap over the head of a condemned murderer, and the last time, rolling on the floor in agony, his lungs on fire, his throat choked, his eyes searing like hot coals, he gasped that he would confess if his life were spared Dog!" —  Caste
• All the food for twelve men was in the nosebag, and it was very little; each man had a mere nibble for supper. —  The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned

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