notableness

[Eng. notable; -ne .] The quality or state of being notable or noteworthy; notability. 1. Lit .: The same as II. 1 (1). 2. Fig .: Acutene , sharpne , perception. ( Ben try, pt. i. Jonson.) II. Technically : 1. Anatomy : (1) Human : One of the two apertures or cavities in the nose, which give pa age to the air and to the secretions of the nose; used in the plural for the nose. (2) Compar .: The nostrils of birds are generally placed at the base of the side of the bill; in some cases they are behind the basal margin, in others toward the center of the bill. 2. Pathol .: There may be a plugging of a nostril, chronic inflammation of the nostrils, or they may be eaten away by syphilitic ulcers.