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| Subject | Russian | English |
| Makarov. | маори трутся носами в знак приветствия | the Maoris rub noses in greeting |
| gen. | тереть к носу | rub noseward ("Home remedies, such as the application of wads of cotton-wool soaked in cool tea and the tri-k-nosu (rub-noseward) device, only made matters worse; and when I awoke next morning, the object lurking under my upper eyelid felt like a solid polygon that became more deeply embedded at every watery wink." V.Nabokov "Pnin" anyname1) |
| gen. | тереться носами | rub noses (rub one's nose against someone else's in greeting (esp. as traditional among Maoris and some other peoples Taras) |
| gen. | тереться носом | nuzzle something (bookworm) |
| gen. | тереться носом | nose |