nostril
nounEtymology
From Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”). By surface analysis, nose + thirl (“hole”).
Definitions
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird)
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
- […]whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at nostril. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at nostril. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at nostril
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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