nuzzle
nuzzle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Etym: [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle.] To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
- 2.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.
- 3.To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. Arbuthnot.
- 4.Etym: [Cf. Nuzzle, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
- 5.To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is etym: [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle.] To nestle; to house, as in a nest called?
- What is to go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. Arbuthnot called?
- What is etym: [Cf. Nuzzle, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle called?
- What is to loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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