nuzzle

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}, {nuzzle}, {draw close}]
    2: rub noses [syn: {nuzzle}, {nose}]
    3: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"
    

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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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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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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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