Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nostril; especially, the nostril of a hawk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A nostril.
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- noun
nostril found in thebeak of abird - noun rare nostril
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Examples
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Their customers nare not buying but saving so fruitless exercise to give them money.
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June 15, 2009 at 7:38 am you must answer me these questions three, nare the other saide ye see!
u do not ezist in mah wurld - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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In the shot where The Batman makes his appearance, his gloved hand reaches in to grab a nare-do-well's firearm and then Batman simply bends the barrel...and not just a little bit, either.
VOTD: Batman is Confused - Plot Holes of The Dark Knight | /Film 2009
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LINDA i did not call YOU a chicken-hawk bitch …. but MAnn coulter a chicken-hawk bitch … unless you nare also Ann Coulter in desquise ….
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Omnia in quorum nare erat anhelitus spiritus vitae, ex omnibus quae erant in sicco, mortua sunt.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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He placed his right hand over his heart and said in a clear and forceful voice, "I, Elslow Kent Hampton, give you my loyalty and vow on this day nare to betray you."
Gentle Warrior Garwood, Julie 1985
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I was the fourth young'un, and weren't nare a one of them big enough to wait on
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I was the fourth young'un, and weren't nare a one of them big enough to wait on
Oral History Interview with John Wesley Snipes, 1976 September 20 and November 20. Interview H-98. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By John Wesley Snipes John Wesley Snipes 1976
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'Sonat hic de nare canina littera'; and compare Ben Jonson, _English
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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Couldn't see out no eye nor nare (neither) one o 'my eye.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
treeseed commented on the word nare
nostril-like hole in a beak
February 24, 2008