Nuzzle — Defs

01 v. t. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.

imp. & p. p. Nuzzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling

1.
To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.[Obs.]
“The people had been nuzzled in idolatry.” — Milton.
2.
To nestle; to house, as in a nest.

02 v. i. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.

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.
To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
4.
To loiter; to idle.[Prov. Eng.]