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Nuz"zle (nŭz"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nuzzled (nŭz"z'ld);p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling (nŭz"zlĭng).] [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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Nuz"zle (nŭz"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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