nuzzle
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nuzzle englanniksi
To push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an object) against or into something.
(RQ:Nashe Unfortunate Traveller)
(quote-book)|edition=2nd|location=London|publisher=(...) Humfrey Lownes Matthew Lownes|year=1611|pages=199–200|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_staffords-niobe-or-his_stafford-anthony_1611_0/page/199/mode/1up|oclc=1203169192|passage=Shee (quote-gloss) nuzzleth her ſelfe in his (quote-gloss) boſom, cheriſheth his ſoule, lifts-vp his lovve-groueling thoghts as high as Heauen: (..)
(RQ:d'Urfey Richmond Heiress) You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, (..)
(RQ:John Gay Distress'd Wife)
(RQ:Thackeray Rose and Ring)
To rub or touch (someone or something) with the nose, face, etc., or an object.
(ux)
{{ux|en|She nuzzled her girlfriend in the cinema.
(RQ:Kipling Light that Failed)
(quote-book)
Chiefly of an animal: to dig (something, especially food) out of the ground using the nose or snout; to root.
''Often followed by'' in ''or'' into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.
(RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis)
(RQ:Plutarch Holland Morals)
(RQ:Swift Gulliver's Travels) carrying them (quote-gloss) on their backs, nuzzling vvith their Face againſt the Mother's Shoulders.
(RQ:Pope Works 1751)
(RQ:Kingsley Westward Ho) are nuzzling already at my toes!
(RQ:Kipling Barrack-Room Ballads)
(RQ:Burnett Secret Garden)
(RQ:Orwell Animal Farm)
Chiefly of an animal: to push the nose or snout into the ground to dig for something, especially food; to root, to rootle.
(RQ:Gascoigne Venerie)
(RQ:Spenser Colin Clout) nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do themſelues for vvant of other vvorke, / Vaine votaries of laeſie loue profeſſe, (..)
(RQ:Estienne Liebault Maison Rustique)
(RQ:Arbuthnot Law)
(RQ:Burke Revolution in France)
(RQ:Scott Waverley)|footer=A figurative use.
(RQ:Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge)
(senseid) ''Followed by'' down: to settle or lie comfortably and snugly in a bed, nest, etc.; to nestle.
(synonyms)
(quote-book) Islip at the charges of George Bishop, Adams (publisher)|Thomas Adams, and Burby|Cuthbert Burbie|year=1606|page=16|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_foure-bookes-of-offices_barnes-barnabe_1606_0/page/16/mode/1up|oclc=1203224690|passage=Intemperance therefore according to ''(w)'', is ſuch a kind of obedience vnto luſts, meerely repugnant to the right mind, and vnto all preſcription of reaſon, that the priuate deſires can neither be gouerned nor contained in any moderation; and thereof are tvvo parts: one vvhich exceſſiuely nuzzleth it ſelfe in delicacie, and another vvhich doth not.
(RQ:Joseph Beaumont Psyche)
(RQ:Jefferies Gamekeeper)
(quote-journal)
''Chiefly followed by'' up ''or'' with: to press affectionately against someone or something; to nestle, to snuggle.
(RQ:Heywood Pleasant Dialogues)
(RQ:Caine Manxman) nuzzled up to her, its eyes closed, but its head working against her bosom with the instinct of suckling, though it had never sucked.
(quote-book) feels thorax and arm, and nuzzles round among muscles as those horrid old women poke their fingers into the salt-meat on the provision-stalls at the Quincy Market.
''Often followed by ''up ''or'' with: to nurture or train (oneself or someone) to act a certain way, have certain beliefs, etc.
(RQ:Tyndale Obedience) from Chriſte and to noſell the (quote-gloss) in any thinge ſave in Chriſte / the ſame is a falſe prophete.
(RQ:Thomas More Workes)
(RQ:Elyot Wise Man) Ariſtippus, who beyng longe noſilled in worldly pleaſures, wilt not admitte, that any thynge, whiche is therunto contrarie, maie be expedient or neceſſarie vnto a man, that is vertuous, and lacketh ſuch vice, whiche requireth ſharpe admonicion: (..)
(RQ:Erasmus Newe Testamente) dyd grone agayne, and faced euill with hymſelfe, exemplyfying in hymſelfe verely the thyng whiche ought to be exhibite in vs if we will eftſones repente vs of the euilles and returne from the ſame, wherin we haue long tyme nuſſeled our ſelues.
(RQ:Hooker Travers)
(RQ:Burton Melancholy)|partition=3|section=4|member=1|subsection=2|page=734|passage=Novv vvhen they are throughly poſſeſſed vvith blind zeale, and nuſled vvith ſuperſtition, he hath many other baites to inueagle & infatuate them farther yet, (..)
(RQ:Milton Of Reformation)
(RQ:Fuller Church History)
''Chiefly followed by'' up: to up (someone); to foster, to rear; also, to educate (someone); to train.
(RQ:Livy Holland Romane Historie)
To for (someone) affectionately; to dear (someone); to cherish, to nurse; also, to provide (someone or something) a comfortable and snug place to settle or lie ''(compare etymology 1, verb (senseno))''.
(RQ:Gascoigne Flowres)
(RQ:Marston Antonio's Revenge)
(RQ:Caine Scapegoat)