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Definition of Nose ring
1. Noun. A ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it.
Definition of Nose ring
1. Noun. A ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to the ring. ¹
2. Noun. A ring worn on a person's nose, for jewelry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nose Ring
Literary usage of Nose ring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1903)
"Nitem (en) conveys the meanings of lx>th an ear-ring and a nose-ring, ... 824 be
genuine Midianite soldiers did so.5 The nose-ring was put through the ..."
2. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by B. Mir Hasan 'Ali, Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄ (1832)
"Their nose-ring.—Number of rings worn in their ears.—-Mode of dressing their
hair.— Aversion to our tooth-brushes.—Toilet of the ladies. ..."
3. An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Written in by Edward William Lane (1871)
"... and is mentioned by Isaiah? and by Ezekiel.3 To those who are unaccustomed to
the sight of it, the nose-ring is certainly the reverse of an ornament. ..."
4. The Holy Land and the Bible: A Book of Scripture Illustrations Gathered in by Cunningham Geikie (1888)
"Jerusalem, under the figure of a maiden, is adorned with a nose-ring in the
picture of her given by Ezekiel,12 and in Proverbs "a fair woman without ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1907)
"824 be genuine Midianite soldiers did so.5 The nose-ring was put through the
nostril and hung over the mouth. Robertson Smith explains that all such ..."
6. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄, B Mrs Mīr Ḣasan 'Alī, B. Mire Ḧasan 'Alï (1832)
"Their nose-ring.—Number of rings worn in their ears.—Mode of dressing their
hair.— Aversion to our tooth-brushes.—Toilet of the ladies. ..."
7. The Manners & Customs of the Modern Egyptians by Edward William Lane (1908)
"... and is mentioned by Isaiah 2 and by Ezekiel.3 To those who are unaccustomed
to the sight of it, the nose-ring is certainly the reverse of an ornament. ..."
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