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noun

Nostril n.

(Anat.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares. Note: In sperm whales, porpoises, and allied animals, there is only one nostril, which is situated on the top of the head and called a spiracle.

Perception; insight; acuteness. (Obs.) "Methinks a man Of your sagacity and clear nostril should Have made another choice."

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... of the unerring bow, The God of life, and poesy, and light - The Sun in human limbs arrayed, and brow All radiant from his triumph in the fight; The shaft hath just been shot—the arrow bright With an immortal's vengeance; in his eye And nostril beautiful disdain, and might And majesty, flash their full lightnings by, Developing in ...

— Childe Harold's Pilgrimage • Lord Byron

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— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard

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— The Indian Fairy Book - From the Original Legends • Cornelius Mathews

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