nostril
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- nosethirl (now Britain regional, archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From earlier nosthril, from Middle English nosethirl ~ nosethril (and other forms), from Old English nosþȳrel, equivalent to nose + thirl (“hole”). Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”).
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Noun[edit]
nostril (plural nostrils)
- Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
- 1601, Plinius Secundus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Hiſtorie of the World. Commonly Called, the Naturall Hiſtorie […] [1], London: Impenſis G. B, Book L, Chapter XIII, page 58:
- […] whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.
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Translations[edit]
either of the two orifices located on the nose
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References[edit]
- “nostril”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “nostril”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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