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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A nostril. UK, archaic, regional

   "proud Encelade, whose wide nosethrils burnd / With breathed flames, like to a furnace red [...]."

Synonyms

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narisair ductair holeair passageair shaftair tube

Example

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"proud Encelade, whose wide nosethrils burnd / With breathed flames, like to a furnace red [...]."

Etymology

From Middle English nosethirl. By surface analysis, nose + thirl. Compare nostril.

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