nose-thirl

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• thirl — nose·thirl; thirl·age; thirl·ing; thirl; …   English syllables

• nose — ac·i·nose; ad·e·nose; an·gi·nose; an·thrac·nose; arab·i·nose; car·nose; cone·nose; cy·a·nose; er·i·nose; far·i·nose; fu·ra·nose; glu·ti·nose; lam·i·nose; la·nose; man·i·nose; man·nose; mel·a·nose; nan·ni·nose; nose; nose·less; nose·thirl;… …   English syllables

• nosethirl — nose·thirl …   English syllables

• Nosethirl — Nose thirl, Nosethril Nose thril, n. Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also {nosethurl}, {nosthrill}.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nosethril — Nosethirl Nose thirl, Nosethril Nose thril, n. Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also {nosethurl}, {nosthrill}.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• nosethurl — Nosethirl Nose thirl, Nosethril Nose thril, n. Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also {nosethurl}, {nosthrill}.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• nosthrill — Nosethirl Nose thirl, Nosethril Nose thril, n. Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also {nosethurl}, {nosthrill}.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• nostril — /nos treuhl/, n. either of the two external openings of the nose. [bef. 1000; ME nostrill, OE nosterl, var. of nosthyrl, equiv. to nos(u) NOSE + thyrel hole; see THIRL] * * * …   Universalium

• nostril — [OE] Etymologically, a nostril is a ‘nosehole’. Its Old English ancestor was nosthyrl, a compound formed from nosu ‘nose’ and thyrl ‘hole’. This was a derivative of thurh ‘through’, and still survives as thirl, a dialectal word for ‘hole’. =>… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• nostril — nos•tril [[t]ˈnɒs trəl[/t]] n. anat. either of the two external openings of the nose • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME nostrill, OE nosterl, nosthyrl=nos(u) nose+thyrel hole; see thirl …   From formal English to slang