Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NORTHERN, a.

1. Being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.
2. In a direction toward the north, or a point near it; as, to steer a northern course.

NORTHERN-ER, n.

One a native or resident in the north; in the United States, opposed to southerner.

NORTHERN-LY, adv.

Toward the north. [Not used.] Hakewill.

NORTHERN-MOST, a.

Situated at the point furthest north.

NORTHING, n.

1. The motion or distance of a planet from the equator northward. As the tides of the sea obey the southing and northing of the sea. Darwin.
2. Course or distance northward of the equator.

NORTH'-STAR, n.

The north polar star.

NORTHWARD, [Sax. north and weard.]

Being toward the north, or nearer to the north than to the east and west points.

NORTHWARD, adv.

Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than the east and west points. Bacon. Dryden.

NORTHWARD-LY, a.

Having a northern direction.

NORTH'WARD-LY, adv.

In a northern direction.

NORTH-WEST', a.

1. Pertaining to the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
2. Proceeding from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.

NORTH-WEST', n.

The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each.

NORTH-WESTERN, a.

Pertaining to or being in the northwest, or in a direction to the northwest; as, a northwestern course.

NORTH'-WIND, n.

The wind that blows from the north. Watts.

NOR-WE'GIAN, a.

Belonging to Norway.

NOR-WE'GI-AN, n.

A native of Norway.

NOSE, n.

1. s as z. [Sax. nose, naese, nase.; G. nase; D. neus; Sw. nasa; Dan. naese; L. nasus; It. naso; Fr. nez; Russ. nos; Dalmatian, nooss; Sans. nasa. Qu. Gr. {foreign}, an isle. It occurs in Peloponnesus, the promontory of Pelops. It seems to be the same word, or from the same root as ness, in Sheerness.]
2. The prominent part of the face which is the organ of smell, consisting of two similar cavities called nostrils. The nose serves also to modulate the voice in speaking, and to discharge the tears which Row through the lachrymal ducts. Through this organ also the pir usually passes in respiration, and it constitutes no small part of the beauty of the face. In man, the nose is situated near the middle of the face; but in quadrupeds, the nose is at or near the lower extremity of the head.
3. The end of any thing; as, the nose of a bellows. Holder.
4. Scent; sagacity. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. Collier. To lead by the nose, to lead blindly. To be led by the nose, to follow another obsequiously, or to be led without resistance or inquiring the reason. To thrust one's nose into the affairs of others, to meddle officiously in others people's matters; to be a busy-body. To put one's nose out of joint, to alienate the affections from another.

NOSE, v.i.

To look big; to bluster. [Not used.] Shak.

NOSE, v.t.

1. To smell; to scent. Shak.
2. To face; to oppose to the face. Wood.

NOSE-BLEED, n.

1. A hemorrhage or bleeding at the nose.
2. A plant of the genus Achillea.

NOS-ED, a.

1. Having a nose; as in long-nosed.
2. Having sagacity. Middleton.

NOSE-FISH, it.

A fish of the leather-mouthed kind, with a flat blunt snout; called also broad-snout, Dict. Nat. Hist.

NOSE-GAY, n. [nose and Celtic gear, a bough.]

A bunch of flowers used to regale the sense of smelling. As on the nosegay in her breast reclined. Pope.

NOSE-LESS, a.

Destitute of a nose. Shak.

NOSE-SMART, n.

A plant, Nasturtium; creases.