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(), 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. 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. スポンサード リンク
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