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Nasal   /nˈeɪzəl/   Listen
adjective
Nasal  adj.  
1.
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose.
2.
(Phon.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng; characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
Nasal bones (Anat.), two bones of the skull, in front of the frontals.
Nasal index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the transverse breadth of the anterior nasal aperture to the height from the base of the aperture to the nasion, which latter distance is taken as the standard, equal to 100.


noun
Nasal  n.  
1.
An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
2.
(Med.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. (Archaic)
3.
(Anc. Armor) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
4.
(Anat.) One of the nasal bones.
5.
(Zool.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.





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"Nasal" Quotes from Famous Books



... In the relief which it affords as a snuff made from the dried leaves to congestive headache of a passive continued sort, this benefit is most probably due partly to the special titillating aroma of the plant, and partly to the copious defluxion of mucus and tears from the nasal ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie
... their government and a distribution of their property." Let the reader reflect a moment before he reads Webster's philosophical explanation, and see if his own cogitations lead him in the right direction. "It is an undoubted fact that the drawling nasal manner of speaking in New England arises almost solely from these causes. People of large fortunes, who pride themselves on family distinctions, possess a certain boldness, dignity, and independence ...
— Noah Webster - American Men of Letters • Horace E. Scudder
... works, undertake to improve the writings of a king. I remind myself of the Abbot von Milliers, who has written a book called 'Reflections on the Faults of Others.' On one occasion he went to hear a sermon of a Capuchin. The monk addressed his audience, in a nasal voice, in the following manner: 'My dear brothers in the Lord, I had intended to-day to discourse upon hell, but at the door of the church I have read a bill posted up, "Reflections on the Faults of Others." "Ha! my friend," thought I, "why have you not ...
— Berlin and Sans-Souci • Louise Muhlbach
... strolling Longfellow minstrel," he continued, ignoring or not hearing my remark, "with his dreary hurdy-gurdy to cap the climax. Heavens! what a nasal twang the whole thing has to me. Not an original or cheerful note! 'Old Hundred' is ...
— Miriam Monfort - A Novel • Catherine A. Warfield
... went over and kissed her aunt lightly upon the forehead, and then disappeared through a shadowy door back into shadowy depths. Directly came a sound of clattering tinware and then the faint echoes of a song, hummed, and slightly nasal. A smile flickered across Miss Susie's lips as she watched her fingers—the needles flitting swiftly in ...
— Stubble • George Looms


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