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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 822 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the See also:Aix in See also:Provence. Both at Aix and at See also:Lyons he acquired See also:great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, See also:Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the See also:plague. In nostrils,  nasus, See also:nose, Fr. nez), the See also:organ of the sense of See also:smell 1555 he published at See also:Lyons a See also:book of rhymed prophecies under (q.v.) in See also:man and other animals (see OLFACTORY See also:SYSTEM) . The the See also:title of Centuries, which secured him the See also:notice of See also:Catherine projecting feature above the mouth, to which the word is usually restricted in man, is, in the See also:case of the See also:lower animals, called snout or muzzle, or, if much prolonged, See also:proboscis or See also:trunk . " Nostril," the See also:external opening into the nose, is from O.Eng. nosthyrl (thyrl or thirl, hole or opening) .

End of Article: NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,
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