nosethirl

English

Alternative forms

nosethril [16th-17th c.]

Etymology

From nose +‎ thirl. Compare nostril.

Noun

nosethirl (plural nosethirls)

(now Britain regional, archaic) A nostril.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
  proud Encelade, whose wide nosethrils burnd / With breathed flames, like to a furnace red [...].

Anagrams

helitrons, short line, shortline

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