nosethirl

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English

Alternative forms

nosethril

Etymology

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

Noun

nosethirl (plural nosethirls)

(now UK regional, archaic) A nostril.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  proud Encelade, whose wide nosethrils burnd / With breathed flames, like to a furnace red [...].

Anagrams

helitrons, short line, shortline

Middle English

Alternative forms

nosethrille, nosethurl, nosethrul, nosetherel, nosethrel, nosethorl, nosederl, nosetrel, nosesterl

Etymology

From Old English nosþȳrel, equivalent to nose +‎ thirl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːz(ə)ˌθirl/

Noun

nosethirl (plural nosethirles)

nostril

Synonyms

Descendants

English: nosethirl (archaic)

References

“nōse-thirl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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