单词 | nuzzling |
释义 | † nuzzlingn.1 Obsolete. rare. The action of nuzzle v.2 ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] nourishingc1325 nurturec1330 afaitementc1400 nurseryc1400 nortelryc1405 alterage?c1450 nouriturec1450 rulec1525 upbringingc1525 education1527 nourituring1555 nutriture1567 breeding1577 nurturing1578 nuzzling1586 rearing1611 frame1632 seasoning1649 nurtureship1837 child-rearing1842 paedotrophy1857 raising1929 1586 Earl of Leicester Corr. (1844) 338 The count Morrice was there..and young Mr. Hatton, for his first nuselinge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). nuzzlingn.2 The action of nuzzle v.1 ΚΠ 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 317 The dull, drowsy, rumbling, which continues all day long..in your ears, and which all your tweaking, nuzzling, and rummaging at them serves only to increase. 1859 J. W. Loguen Rev. J. W. Loguen 123 The place where they were last fed was often made muddy by the nuzzling of the swine after the last kernel of the meal. 1928 T. Olson Stranger & Afraid 22 When..the Nile Chuckled obscenely at his prison wall, When the rat's nuzzling set his flesh acrawl. 1993 Physiol. & Behavior 53 959 The naso-oral secretions deposited during nuzzling do not have properties of scent marks. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nuzzlingadj. That nuzzles (nuzzle v.1). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [adjective] > terrestrial > that burrows > with the nose nuzzling1596 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L3 Mole, that like a nousling Mole doth make His way still vnder ground, till Thamis he ouertake. View more context for this quotation 1834 J. Galt Lit. Life & Misc. II. 141 The nuzzling bee sucks on the flower. 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xix. 205 He pushed the rubber tip of the bottle into the nuzzling mouth and the lamb began to suck it with ravenous ecstasy. 1980 G. W. Barrax Evol. in Audience of One iii. 49 Her thighs held nuzzling cubs against her belly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11586n.21806adj.1596 |
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