NOSE (2)

Nose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nosed (nōzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Nosing.] 1. 1. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
2. 2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. Tennyson. A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. Burke. 3. 3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. Cowley.