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nasalis [ML] 1 (as sb. n.) nose-piece: a (of helmet). b (for horse). cepit Hengistum per ~e cassidis G. Mon. VIII 6; cum Hengysto dimicat, quem tenens per ~e cassidis infra concives extraxit Eul. Hist. II 302.  b ~e, ornamentum equorum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 384. 2 instrument by which medicine is inserted in or through the nose. per nares cum ~i imponantur Gilb. II 97. 2; injiciatur una pill’a in nares de dyncastor’ distemperato cum succo blete per ~e Ib. 113. 1; ~e instrumentum injectorium dicitur SB 31; ~e, injectorium nasi instrumentum idem Alph. 122. 3 nozzle of candlestick. 1390 de ‥ ij parvis angelis argent’ deaur’ et aymell’, quolibet cum uno ~i in manu sua pro candela imponenda Ac. Foreign 25 G d..

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