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verb

Noursle v. t. (Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc) To nurse; to rear; to bring up. (Obs.) "She noursled him till years he raught."

Nuzzle v. t. (past & past part. nuzzled;pres. part. nuzzling)

To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. (Obs.) "The people had been nuzzled in idolatry."

To nestle; to house, as in a nest.

Nuzzle v. i.

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

To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. "Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along."

To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.

To loiter; to idle. (Prov. Eng.)

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"Nuzzle" Quotes from Famous Books

... Val. But I never finished. It would be so nice just to lean back and nuzzle up to her, down in the sand. So nice. I ...

— The Hunted Heroes • Robert Silverberg

... Littimer had refrained from asking any awkward questions. From the window she could see Bell and Merritt walking up and down the terrace, the latter talking volubly and worrying at a big cigar as a dog might nuzzle at a bone. Chris saw Littimer join the other two presently and fall in with their conversation. His laugh came to the girl's ear more than once. It was quite evident that the eccentric nobleman was enjoying ...

— The Crimson Blind • Fred M. White

... and began to nuzzle the snow. The time had come for action. We proposed to slip down the little ravine at the edge of the timber, cross the stream, ascend the hill on the opposite side, and come up on our quarry over the crest. We should thus be within shooting ...

— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope

... the horse, and I saw that the poor little beast was no less than distraught with fright. What I had taken for grey streaks in his roan coat were in fact lathery flakes of sweat, and he nuzzled towards me as a horse will rarely nuzzle towards a stranger and only in extremest terror. A glance told me that he had been galloping wildly and bucking to free himself of his burden, but was now worn out and thoroughly cowed. His knees quivered as I soothed and patted him; and when I pulled out a knife to ...

— Two Sides of the Face - Midwinter Tales • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... transformation, the little beast stopped, forgot his anger, stretched forth his moist, black nuzzle, sniffing ... and walked up to the cook, accepting the carrots. The cook began to stroke the ...

— Tramping on Life - An Autobiographical Narrative • Harry Kemp