Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nuzzle

Nuzzle (nuz"z'l) , transitive verb

[See Noursle.]

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

Nuzzle (nuz"z'l) , intransitive verb

[Dim. from nose. See Nozzle.]

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. — Shakespeare
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. [Provincial English] — Halliwell