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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nuzzied};p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Nuzzling}.] [See {Noursle}.]
   1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.]

            The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --Milton.

   2. [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. {Nustle}.] To nestle;
      to house, as in a nest.

Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\, v. i. [Dim. fr. nose. See {Nozzle}.]
   1. 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.
                                                  --Shak.

            He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . .
            . nuzzling like an eel in the mud.    --Arbuthnot.

   2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.

            Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

   3. [Cf. {Nuzzle}, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in
      the mother's bosom; to nestle.

   4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

Source : WordNet®

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"
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