\Nuz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nuzzied};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Nuzzling}.] [See {Noursle}.]
1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.]
         The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --Milton.
2. [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. {Nustle}.] To nestle;
   to house, as in a nest.

\Nuz"zle\, v. i. [Dim. fr. 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.
                                               --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. [Cf. {Nuzzle}, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in
   the mother's bosom; to nestle.
4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.