in anatomy; see there, n° 20, &c. The uses of the nose are, its giving us the sense of smelling; its serving in the great office of respiration, and in modelling voice; in receiving the abundant humours from the eyes, and in adding to the beauty of the face.

In Tartary, the greatest beauties are those who have the least noses. Ruybroek mentions the wife of the great Jenghiz Khan as a celebrated beauty, because she had only two holes for a nose. In most other countries, China excepted, great noses are in honour.

The Crim-Tartars break the noses of their children while young, as thinking it a great piece of folly to have their noses stand before their eyes.