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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nosthril, Nostril(l, n. [e.m.E. and ME. nostrill(e (c 1400) (also nosetril (15th c.), -trel(le (1545), etc.: cf. Nosethirl(l), e.m.E. nosthril(le, nos-thirl (c 1500), OE. nosþyrl.] = Nesethrill, Nosethirl(l. —(a) 1622 D. Lindesey Heavenly Chariot 17.
Stinking in the nosthrils of God, of angels and of men —(b) 1640 Pope's Conclave.
My refined nostrills doe smell a distracted hurrie 1640 Baillie I. 287. a1658 Durham Comm. Rev. 378.
Man, whose breath is in his nostrils … wherein is he to be accounted of?
