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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nuzzle  \Nuz"zle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Nuzzied};p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Nuzzling}.]  [See  {Noursle}.] 
  1.  To  noursle  or  nurse;  to  foster;  to  bring  up  [Obs.] 
 
  The  people  had  been  nuzzled  in  idolatry.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  [Perh.  a  corruption  of  nestle.  Cf  {Nustle}.]  To  nestle; 
  to  house,  as  in  a  nest. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nuzzle  \Nuz"zle\,  v.  i.  [Dim.  fr  nose.  See  {Nozzle}.] 
  1.  To  work  with  the  nose,  like  a  swine  in  the  mud. 
 
  And  nuzzling  in  his  flank,  the  loving  swine 
  Sheathed,  unaware,  the  tusk  in  his  soft  groin. 
  --Shak. 
 
  He  charged  through  an  army  of  lawyers,  sometimes  .  . 
  .  nuzzling  like  an  eel  in  the  mud.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  2.  To  go  with  head  poised  like  a  swine,  with  nose  down 
 
  Sir  Roger  shook  his  ears,  and  nuzzled  along 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  3.  [Cf.  {Nuzzle},  v.  t.,  2.]  To  hide  the  head,  as  a  child  in 
  the  mother's  bosom;  to  nestle. 
 
  4.  To  loiter;  to  idle.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  She  noursled  him  till  years  he  raught.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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},  {draw  close}] 
  2:  rub  noses  [syn:  {nose}] 
  3:  dig  out  with  the  snout,  of  animals 




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