Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nestle

Nestle , intransitive verb

[Anglo-Saxon nestlian.]

1.
To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obsolete]
The kingfisher... nestles in hollow banks. — L'Estrange
2.
To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.
Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and there nestle till succors came. — Bacon
The children were nestled all snug in their beds While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. — Clement Clarke Moore (A Visit From St. Nicholas, (a poem [1823]) also called The Night Before Christmas)
3.
To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles.

Nestle , transitive verb

To house, as in a nest.
2.
To cherish, as a bird her young.