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单词 nuzzling
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nuzzlingn.1

Forms: 1500s nuselinge.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nuzzle v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < nuzzle v.2 + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of nuzzle v.2
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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

Brit. /ˈnʌzl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈnʌzlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnəz(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nuzzle v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < nuzzle v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action of nuzzle v.1
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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.

Brit. /ˈnʌzl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈnʌzlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnəz(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see nuzzle v.1 and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nuzzle v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < nuzzle v.1 + -ing suffix2.
That nuzzles (nuzzle v.1).
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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).
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