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FromMiddle Englishnostrille, fromOld Englishnosþyrel. CompareOld Frisiannosterle(nostril), modern West Frisiannoaster(nostrill). Compare alsoMiddle Low Germannoster(nostril), fromProto-Germanic*nustriz(nostril). Bysurface analysis,nose +‎thirl(hole).

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nostril (pluralnostrils)

  1. Either of the twoorificeslocated on thenose (or on thebeak of abird); used as apassage for air and other gases totravel thenasal passages.
    Synonyms:intake,nare,naris,nosehole
    • 1601,Plinius Secundus, translated byPhilemon Holland,The Hiſtorie of the World. Commonly Called, theNaturall Hiſtorie [] [1], London: Impenſis G. B, Book L, Chapter XIII, page58:
      []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 thenoſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.

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either of the two orifices located on the nose

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