Word: nosed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...head tilted backward about 45°. This is the usual position for a nasal examination. A speculum is introduced into the nostril and under direct vision the spray tip is inserted upward along the septum until definitely past the middle turbinate. If it impinges on the roof of the nose it is slightly withdrawn. The bulb is squeezed the number of times required to introduce i cc. of solution. This amount completely covers the olfactory area. A similar procedure is then carried out on the opposite side of the nose...
This did not surprise Wenatchee. Editor Woods, on vacation, was gratifying a boyhood ambition and gathering material for his column. "In Our Own World," all in one putty-nose junket. He did two performances a day with a professional clown named "Happy" Kellams in the Cole...
...long, early lead. Between the fourth and fifth hurdles he stepped in a hole, was thrown off stride. Tommy Roberts came on rapidly. Over the last hurdle Towns squeezed ahead to break the tape, but mainly because Tommy Roberts tried to jump it. The result: Hurdler Towns by a nose in 13 sec. flat. Said he: "I'll take two-footed racers in the future...
...settled by letter-writers in the Times have been : Are there any brains in the British Army? Why isn't British ice cream any better (this was headed "Strawberry or Vanilla?")? Who is the oldest Etonian? What is the derivation of the phrase "cocking the snook" (thumbing the nose...
...flats, later working out an explanatory equation. Today Lawyer Scott plays the French horn in the Germantown Symphony Orchestra, owns a 16th Century cello that once belonged to Virtuoso Hans Kindler. His favorite instrument, at the moment, however, is a "probosciphone," a small metal device that fits over the nose and on which he can produce a shrill tune by blowing hard. So far neither Mrs. Scott, the former Margaretta Morris, nor anyone else can play the probosciphone which Mr. Scott bought from a street vendor for a dime. Lawyer Scott also enjoys philosophical speculation. He thinks there...