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Nuzzle | 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. [1913 Webster] And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. [1913 Webster] Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. {Nuzzle}, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle. [1913 Webster] 4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] |
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