nuzzle

v. மூக்கினை அழுத்து, மூக்கால் அழுத்து, மூக்கால் இடி, மூக்கால் தேய், மூக்கால் கிளறு, மோப்பம் பிடி, ஒன்றி அணைத்துக்கிட, நெருக்கிக்கிட, வாய்ப்பாக அமர்ந்து கொள்.

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Nuz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nuzzied;p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling.] Etym: [See Noursle.] 1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.] The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. Milton. 2. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle.] Defn: To nestle; to house, as in a nest. Nuz"zle, v. i. Etym: [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. Etym: [Cf. Nuzzle, v. t., 2.] Defn: To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle. 4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

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