nuzzle

v. i. [ Dim. fr. nose. See Nozzle. ] 1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud. [ 1913 Webster ]

And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine
Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. Nuzzle, v. t., 2. ] To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To loiter; to idle. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]