Nuzzle

Definition of Nuzzle

Nuz´zle Pronunciation: nŭz´z'l

v. t.	1.	To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. - Milton.
	2.	To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
v. i.	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.

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