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/ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/ · noun
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages..
[…]whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.
Use nostril when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nostril means Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages..
Common synonyms include intake, nare, naris, nosehole.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…]whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.
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