v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nuzzled p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling ] [ See Noursle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle. ] To nestle; to house, as in a nest. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]