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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\ (n[u^]z"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nuzzled}
     (n[u^]z"z'ld);p. pr. & vb. n. {Nuzzling} (n[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).]
     [See {Noursle}.]
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     1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.]
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              The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --Milton.
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     2. [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. {Nustle}.] To nestle;
        to house, as in a nest.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\ (n[u^]z"z'l), v. i. [Dim. fr. nose. See
     {Nozzle}.]
     1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
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              And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine
              Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin.
                                                    --Shak.
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              He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . .
              . nuzzling like an eel in the mud.    --Arbuthnot.
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     2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
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              Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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     3. [Cf. {Nuzzle}, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in
        the mother's bosom; to nestle.
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     4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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           She noursled him till years he raught.   --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}, {nest}, {draw close}]
       2: rub noses [syn: {nose}]
       3: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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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