Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nuzzle"
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) 1.7 (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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