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Nasal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to the nose; formed or affected by the nose; as a nasal sound; a nasal letter.

Nasal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A letter whose sound is affected by the nose.

2. A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

Nasal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to the nose.

2. 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 (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

Nasal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.

2. A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

3. Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

4. One of the nasal bones.

5. A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Nasality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being nasal.

Nasalization [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.

Nasalize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

2. To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.

Nasalized [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Nasalize

Nasalizing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Nasalize

Nasally [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a nasal manner; by the nose.