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[ noh-zing ] / ˈnoʊ zɪŋ /
noun Architecture.a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress. Origin of nosingFirst recorded in 1765–75; nose + -ing1 Words nearby nosingnoshery, no shit, no-show, nosh-up, no-side, nosing, no sir, no skin off one's nose, no smoke without fire, there's, noso-, no soap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nosing“Go easy Mom,” he said, nosing his head around the bathroom door. Making It in the 2-1-2: How Kenneth Walsh Achieved His NY Dream|Tim Teeman|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST No, Johnny liked to hunt alone, nosing up Bear Trap Canyon, looking for broken bush tips, cracks in mud, smudges on rock. The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pariah dogs, nosing at the gutters and rubbish-heaps that scented the air, bolted out of the way of the horses' hoofs. The Jungle Girl|Gordon Casserly Then he set about nosing for hidden hickory-nuts; few and scarce were they. Bannertail|Ernest Thompson Seton
Kit followed Sandy's lead, hardly realizing the distance she was covering, until he suddenly disappeared behind a nosing headland. Kit of Greenacre Farm|Izola Forrester All the way to the cabin she followed closely, nosing from time to time at the unresponsive figure on the drag. Hoof and Claw|Charles G. D. Roberts It had probably gone to sleep in that tree while the island was nosing the mainland and had awakened to find itself adrift. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy|Florence Partello Stuart
British Dictionary definitions for nosing
nounthe edge of a step or stair tread that projects beyond the riser a projecting edge of a moulding, esp one that is half-round Word Origin for nosingC18: from nose + -ing 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to nosingsnout, beak, pry, sniff, snoop, muzzle, snoot, proboscis, bill, nares, nostrils, adenoids, schnoz, snuffer, horn, sniffer, sneezer, whiffer, scent, inspect |