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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7307 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nostrillsnostrils

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
229 times in 162 works
Consistency
83.2% (229 of 275)
Reach if approved
~289 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: nostrils
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
275 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (229 changes in 162 works, 83.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 229)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the earth, in whom there is no helpe, and whose breath is in their nostrillsnostrils; But it is otherwise with the King of Kings, who sitteth upon the Circle …
    With rule
    … the earth, in whom there is no helpe, and whose breath is in their nostrillsnostrils; But it is otherwise with the King of Kings, who sitteth upon the Circle …

    Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 413 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … was blind? Is it not foolerie, to touch with your ſpittle the eares and noſtrillsnostrils of ſuch as are to bee baptized; becauſe our Saviour Chriſt touched the eares …
    With rule
    … was blind? Is it not foolerie, to touch with your ſpittle the eares and noſtrillsnostrils of ſuch as are to bee baptized; becauſe our Saviour Chriſt touched the eares …

    Alexander Cooke · Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ca…ion and stinking carca…e of rotten morality, which still stinks in the nostrillsnostrils of God, even when embalmed with the most costly ointments of its miserably misled …
    With rule
    … ca…ion and stinking carca…e of rotten morality, which still stinks in the nostrillsnostrils of God, even when embalmed with the most costly ointments of its miserably misled …

    John Brown · Christ the Way and the Truth and the Life · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … deliver you out of my hand; the Lord can put a bridle in his noſtrillsnostrils and bring him back the way that he came. And therefore when men ſpeak …
    With rule
    … deliver you out of my hand; the Lord can put a bridle in his noſtrillsnostrils and bring him back the way that he came. And therefore when men ſpeak …

    John Cotton · Exposition of Revelation 13 · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … all his, and their enemies with the least blast of the breath of his nostrillsnostrils?
    With rule
    … all his, and their enemies with the least blast of the breath of his nostrillsnostrils?

    Thomas Ford · Singing the Psalms the Duty of Christians · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and ſorrowfull ſpirit is a ſacrifice which caſts a ſweet ſavor in the Lords noſtrillsnostrils, Pſalm. 51.17. And would God accept of thy ſacrifice, if hee had rejected thee? No …
    With rule
    … and ſorrowfull ſpirit is a ſacrifice which caſts a ſweet ſavor in the Lords noſtrillsnostrils, Pſalm. 51.17. And would God accept of thy ſacrifice, if hee had rejected thee? No …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 466 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and counsell is they cā not doe: for he hath his ring in their nostrillsnostrils, and his bridle in their lips to rule them as he listeth.
    With rule
    … and counsell is they cā not doe: for he hath his ring in their nostrillsnostrils, and his bridle in their lips to rule them as he listeth.

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 258 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … forbeare further to mooue and stirre in this sinke, which sufficiently stinketh in the nostrillsnostrils of God and men; and conclude the point with Epiphanius his speach; They haue …
    With rule
    … forbeare further to mooue and stirre in this sinke, which sufficiently stinketh in the nostrillsnostrils of God and men; and conclude the point with Epiphanius his speach; They haue …

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 103 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (46)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 34 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Returning Backslider A12190

  • Printed
    … with thunder? Canſt thou make him afraid as a graſhopper? The glory of his NoſtrillsNostrils is terrible: Hee paweth in the valley, and rejoyceth in his ſtrength, hee goeth …
    With rule
    … with thunder? Canſt thou make him afraid as a graſhopper? The glory of his NoſtrillsNostrils is terrible: Hee paweth in the valley, and rejoyceth in his ſtrength, hee goeth …

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the creature. Ceaſe from man (as the Prophet ſaith) whoſe breath is in his NoſtrillsNostrils; Commit thy waies to God, truſt in him. The Heathen by the light of …
    With rule
    … the creature. Ceaſe from man (as the Prophet ſaith) whoſe breath is in his NoſtrillsNostrils; Commit thy waies to God, truſt in him. The Heathen by the light of …

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 102 · Open in the reader

The Seven Vials A17307

  • Printed
    … liue, & moue, though remote, by the Heads breathing. You are the breath of our NostrillsNostrils. And as J told my Lord of London, at my first examination about Israels …
    With rule
    … liue, & moue, though remote, by the Heads breathing. You are the breath of our NostrillsNostrils. And as J told my Lord of London, at my first examination about Israels …

    Henry Burton · The Seven Vials · Open in the reader

Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest A19252

  • Printed
    … ſpittle: Hee knew no vſe of ſpittle for any part, but for eares and NoſtrillsNostrils. Solùm aures & nares ſalivâ tanguntur, ſaith your Cardinall.
    With rule
    … ſpittle: Hee knew no vſe of ſpittle for any part, but for eares and NoſtrillsNostrils. Solùm aures & nares ſalivâ tanguntur, ſaith your Cardinall.

    Alexander Cooke · Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Great Britains Distractions A57134

  • Printed
    … griefe of heart (through so greata distance between them and the breath of their NostrillsNostrils) hath proceeded through the raising and incouragement of turbulent and seditious spirits, disswading tender …
    With rule
    … griefe of heart (through so greata distance between them and the breath of their NostrillsNostrils) hath proceeded through the raising and incouragement of turbulent and seditious spirits, disswading tender …

    Edward Reynolds · Great Britains Distractions · p. 37 · Open in the reader

The Rule of Faith A69028

  • Printed
    … the eares, feeling in all the body, taſting in the Pallate, ſmelling in the NoſtrillsNostrils, breathing in the Lungs, concoction in the Stomach, operation in the hands, ambulation in …
    With rule
    … the eares, feeling in all the body, taſting in the Pallate, ſmelling in the NoſtrillsNostrils, breathing in the Lungs, concoction in the Stomach, operation in the hands, ambulation in …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 198 · Open in the reader

The Valley of Vision A86450

  • Printed
    … dominantium, the Lord of Lords. They are Maſters that have their breath in their NoſtrillsNostrils, but he is the Maſter that gives life, and breath, and motion, and all …
    With rule
    … dominantium, the Lord of Lords. They are Maſters that have their breath in their NoſtrillsNostrils, but he is the Maſter that gives life, and breath, and motion, and all …

    Richard Holdsworth · The Valley of Vision · p. 407 · Open in the reader

Mans Wrath and Gods Praise A89666

  • Printed
    … it; that when they were about to enter, GOD put his hook into their NoſtrillsNostrils, and his bridle in their Lippes, and carried them another way. Brethren, you may …
    With rule
    … it; that when they were about to enter, GOD put his hook into their NoſtrillsNostrils, and his bridle in their Lippes, and carried them another way. Brethren, you may …

    George Newton · Mans Wrath and Gods Praise · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Moses Prayer A93404

  • Printed
    … otherwiſe with us, ſeeing our life is but a puffe of breath in our NoſtrillsNostrils? there is then no truſting to it.
    With rule
    … otherwiſe with us, ſeeing our life is but a puffe of breath in our NoſtrillsNostrils? there is then no truſting to it.

    Samuel Smith · Moses Prayer · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … diſeaſes many times, as are loathſome, both to the Eyes to behold, and the NoſtrillsNostrils to ſmell: and when breath is once departed, ſo loathſome are theſe Carcaſes of …
    With rule
    … diſeaſes many times, as are loathſome, both to the Eyes to behold, and the NoſtrillsNostrils to ſmell: and when breath is once departed, ſo loathſome are theſe Carcaſes of …

    Samuel Smith · Moses Prayer · p. 174 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King A96886

  • Printed
    … is the life of her ſoule, and more pretious then the breath in her NoſtrillsNostrils. She will ſpeake of theſe in order, and to your everlaſting praiſe.
    With rule
    … is the life of her ſoule, and more pretious then the breath in her NoſtrillsNostrils. She will ſpeake of theſe in order, and to your everlaſting praiſe.

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Zions Sweets B07186

  • Printed
    … the righteouſneſſe of Chriſt, that it may become ours; but alſo it is the NoſtrillsNostrils, to ſmell the ſweetneſſe of this Myrrhe: Looke as the noſtrillsnostrils doe conuey ſweete …
    With rule
    … the righteouſneſſe of Chriſt, that it may become ours; but alſo it is the NoſtrillsNostrils, to ſmell the ſweetneſſe of this Myrrhe: Looke as the noſtrillsnostrils doe conuey ſweete …

    Thomas Barnes · Zions Sweets · p. 62 · Open in the reader