Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Obsolete forms of nostril.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Nostril.

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  • noun archaic A nostril.

Etymologies

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From nose +‎ thirl. Compare nostril.

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  • Middle English. nostril.

    March 2, 2011