Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Croodle \Croo"dle\ (kr??"d'l), v. i. [Cf. {Cruddle}, {Crudle}.]
   1. To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie
      close and snug together, as pigs in straw. [Prov. Eng.]
      --Wright. Forby.

            A dove to fly home her nest and croodle there. --C.
                                                  Kingsley.

   2. To fawn or coax. [Obs.]

   3. To coo. [Scot.]