nostril

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The largeness of nostril, which is a very desirable property, is possessed by few of the recent prize-winners When viewed in profile the tip of the nose should touch an imaginary line drawn from the extremity of the lower jaw to the top of the centre of the skull.

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  1. noun Either of the external openings of the nose; a naris.

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  • You see them when you're on the juice Travis moved his hands far enough from his face to see that he was only bleeding from one nostril, and not very much. —  FSF,January2008
  • I flare a nostril, and reveal just enough of my flame to illuminate the comer of the wine cellar where I lie resting. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • I shut down my nostril, and a small cloud of smoke wafts in the air between us. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • It was bleeding slightly from one nostril, and the bronze man used that instead of the red berries, which had very little juice. —  102 - Mystery Island
  • I cannot breathe out of my right nostril, and yet my nose is also sort of runny. —  Reassigned Time
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  1. Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosthyrl : nosu, nose; see nas- in Indo-European roots + thyrl, hole; see terə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English nosethrill, from Middle English nostril, nostrel, nosterl, nosthirl, nosethril, nosethirl, noosthril, nosethyrl, nosethurl, nesethirl, nesthyrylle, nasethirl, nesethrull, etc., from Anglo-Saxon nosthyrl, næsthyrl, plural nosthyrlu, næsthyrlu, and reduced nosterle (= OFries. nosterle, nosterlen, nosterline), literally ‘nose-hole,’ from nosu, nasu, nose, + thyrl, thyrel, a hole: see nose and thirl, thrill. The second element became obsolete as an independent word, and suffered corruption in the compound.
 

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