Nuzzle /(nŭz"z'l)/
Nuz·zle
Nuzzle
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Nuzzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling
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To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.]
The people had been nuzzled in idolatry.
- To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
Nuzzle
v. i.
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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.
He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud.
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To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along.
- To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
- To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.]