From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\ (n[u^]z"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nuzzled}
(n[u^]z"z'ld);p. pr. & vb. n. {Nuzzling} (n[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).]
[See {Noursle}.]
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1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.]
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The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --Milton.
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2. [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. {Nustle}.] To nestle;
to house, as in a nest.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\ (n[u^]z"z'l), v. i. [Dim. fr. nose. See
{Nozzle}.]
1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
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And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine
Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin.
--Shak.
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He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . .
. nuzzling like an eel in the mud. --Arbuthnot.
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2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
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Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. [Cf. {Nuzzle}, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in
the mother's bosom; to nestle.
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4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Noursle \Nour"sle\, v. t. [Freq., fr. OE. nourse. See {Nurse}.]
To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also {nosel},
{nousel}, {nousle}, {nowsle}, {nusle}, {nuzzle}, etc.]
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She noursled him till years he raught. --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nuzzle
v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;
"We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children
snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: {cuddle},
{snuggle}, {nestle}, {nest}, {nuzzle}, {draw close}]
2: rub noses [syn: {nuzzle}, {nose}]
3: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"
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