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A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north. Faraday.

Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n.

Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Having a northern direction.

The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.

A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.

Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.

Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

Toward the northwest.

Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language.

rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway.

Norwegian. [Obs.] Shak.

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.

A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.

That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

A bleeding at the nose.

Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition; as, pug-nosed.

A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. Pope.

rse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle. [Obs.] If any man use the Scripture . . . to nosel thee in anything save in Christ, he is a false prophet. Tyndale.