nosewise en · ADV
Etymology
From nose + -wise.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) By means of the nose.
What are these diseases which are spread nosewise and throat-wise? Here they are, chiefly: tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, pneumonia, cerebral fever, influenza and infectious colds […]
1916, Chicago's Health, page 216:If you turn to face west again, you should be able to spot a much bigger, dimmer version of the Plough plunging nosewise towards the horizon. Just to confuse the modern stargazer utterly, this is not one constellation, but two.
1981, New Scientist (volume 92, numbers 1285-1286, page 894)