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/nˈəzəl/ Listen

verb

Noursle v. t. (Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc) To nurse; to rear; to bring up. (Obs.) "She noursled him till years he raught."

Nuzzle v. t. (past & past part. nuzzled;pres. part. nuzzling)

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.

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."

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.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nuzzle" Quotes from Famous Books

... and began to nuzzle the snow. The time had come for action. We proposed to slip down the little ravine at the edge of the timber, cross the stream, ascend the hill on the opposite side, and come up on our quarry over the crest. We should thus be within shooting ...

— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope

... transformation, the little beast stopped, forgot his anger, stretched forth his moist, black nuzzle, sniffing ... and walked up to the cook, accepting the carrots. The cook began to stroke the ...

— Tramping on Life - An Autobiographical Narrative • Harry Kemp