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Found 5 hits - Term: nuzzle, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nuzzle \nuz"zle\ nu^z"z'l, v. t. imp.  p. p. nuzzled
   nu^z"z'ld;p. pr.  vb. n. nuzzling nu^z"zli^ng.
   see noursle.
   1913 webster
   1. to noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. obs.
      1913 webster

            the people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. perh. a corruption of nestle. cf. nustle. to nestle;
      to house, as in a nest.
      1913 webster
see also:
nuzzled nuzzling noursle nustle 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nuzzle \nuz"zle\ nu^z"z'l, 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
see also:
nozzle nuzzle 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   1913 webster

         she noursled him till years he raught.   --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
nurse nosel nousel nousle nowsle nusle 
nuzzle 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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, draw close
     2: rub noses syn: nose
     3: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"
see also:
cuddle snuggle nestle nest draw close nose 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "nuzzle":
   bundle, burrow, caress, croodle, cuddle, feel up, fondle, knead,
   lap, massage, nestle, nose, pet, rub, rub against, rub noses,
   snuggle, stroke





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