I put my snout to him and gave him a good nosing.

Also, the only repair for a broken nosing is replacing the tread, a major task.

Try to observe glue seeping out underneath the nosing.

Stapling beneath the nosing should adequately stretch the carpet over the tread above.

Headroom is the height above the nosing of a tread to the ceiling above it.

To repair a cracked nosing, work glue into the crack by using a playing card as an applicator.

Smooth and pull the carpet covering the tread toward you and drape it over the nosing.

The pitch line is the imaginary line along the tip of the nosing of the treads.

The slope or pitch of the stairs is the ratio between the rise and the going (not the tread depth, due to the nosing).

The bouquet is so pretty that it seems a shame to interrupt the "nosing," as wine jargon puts it, for drinking.

Install it with 9/16-inch-long staples placed at three-inch intervals along the rear and sides, but not along the nosing.

The slope of the stairs is the total rise divided by the total run (not the individual riser and treads due to the nosing).

A nosing, prying detective!

Should the carpet be subsequently replaced with hardwood, the balcony balustrade may have to be removed to add the nosing.

In addition to being a genuine friend, Usagi is extremely good at brown nosing when it's needed and, of course, crying to get what she wants.

Place the carpet's top edge at the top of the stair where the riser meets the nosing of the floor or landing above.

Rushlight gave the area a thorough nosing to confirm this, the curl of his tail reassuring Scotty even before he spoke.

"In all your nosing about the area," he asked, "have you ever seen a car of any kind parked in the lay-by closest to the boats?"

At the rear of a tread, or in front beneath its nosing, glue-coated wedges can be driven into seams to tighten loose parts.

Thatsadaphone Nosing is a Laotian politician.

Any aspiration you may have possessed to be regarded as an incisive political commentator has been shredded by your blatant brown nosing to the coalition since 2010.

A problem that may begin as a squeak is a crack in the nosing, the part of the tread that projects beyond the front of the riser.

It should cover each stair tread except for the tackless strip at the rear and should extend over the nosing, the rounded front of the tread.

Stair nosing is normally supplied in 2 metre lengths.

Less than three risers should be avoided. 5.11 A contrasting stair nosing should be provided on each and every step.

"In areas where children are the principal users of a building or facility, the 2004 ADAAG recommends that a second set of handrails at a maximum height of 28" (711 mm) measured to the top of the gripping surface from the ramp surface or stair nosing can assist in preventing accidents.

Last summer, he took a week off for a nose job.

I want to keep my nose out of other people's personal business.

Does she know you have a long hair on your nose?

She's a small child but she has a big nose.

He was short, with black hair and a long nose.

Never had any man so looked down his nose at her.

Now what's the next thing we get after the nose?

Things went on under her nose, and she did not see them.

But he wanted to find out what his nose could tell him.

But I had a nose for the job even then.

"Which is not something anyone here can look down their nose about."

I can tell you his nose was a bit big.

And what of the woman with no eyes or nose?

They think the nose might be trying to leave the city.

What kind of human being could break his own son's nose?

I thought she was going to fall on her nose.

You got me over here just to nose around in my life.

But he never put his nose up in the air.

He put the back of his right hand up near its nose.

You'll fall on your nose if you try to get up.

I looked down my nose at him and his money.

I looked at the nose and then tried not to look.

You are no different from someone with a big nose.

Washington is the only one whose nose I can get right!

The little man looked down his long nose at him.

One of them nosed its way through to the other side.

Or I'll tell the security chief that you've been nosing around.

First I just found the bottom and nosed around some.

But I went out on 95 north and south last month, just nosing around.

I nosed around and found out one of his friends used to work there.

He looked up as we nosed in to the bank.

"All he had to do then was come to this community and start nosing around."

So far no one had come nosing around the place, but how long could that last?

I did a little nosing around, though, and came up with something interesting.

He nosed around in their hands to see if they had brought him any sugar.

Yeah, they were nosing around for a special unit back in, what?

He's nosed his way into the investigation, which means he knows just about everything we do.

The water was so still we could have nosed in for her to jump on board.

He was nosing along the shelves and I said oh!

The car nosed into another such slot, then a third.

The ship nosed into the sea trying to make way.

Another cab was nosing in behind the one he wanted.

If there'd been anyone nosing around, she would have left the restaurant alone first.

Before I could say anything, he nosed a switch in the wall.

Suddenly the plane nosed over into the ground from about 350 feet up.

He nosed into a space at the end of the line and killed the engine.

I framed the words in my mind,just how I'd tell her off if she started nosing around.

At last the boat nosed her way out into the bay.

The gun was in his hand, nosing about for a target.

I said, Richard we're not pushing and nosing but we want doing right.