5 definitions found 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}.] [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] 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. [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] 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.] [1913 Webster] She noursled him till years he raught. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 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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