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.
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.
He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes... nuzzling like an eel in the mud.
2.
To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along.
3.
To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
4.
To loiter; to idle. [Provincial English] — Halliwell