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nuddle, v. Now dial.|ˈnʌd(ə)l|
[Related to nud v.: see -le 3. Connexion with G. nudeln, to press, is very doubtful.]
1. intr.
†a. To push with the nose; to press close to the ground in this way; to grovel. Obs.
1650H. More Enthus. Tri., Obs. (1656) 111 A pig in a poke, that grunting and nudling to get out, drove the yielding bag out at this corner and that corner. 1653― Antid. Ath. iii. xi. (1662) 123 A thing in the shape of a Weasel came.., nudling along in the grass. a1661Fuller Worthies, Hertfordsh. ii. (1662) 18 The People in this County,..taxed for covetousness, and their constant nudling on the Earth.
b. dial. To hang the head; to stoop in walking.
1828–in various dial. glossaries (Yks., Nhp., E. Anglia).
c. To nestle, to press close.
1854A. E. Baker Northampton Gloss.
2. trans.
†a. To beat, pummel. Obs. rare.
1640Rawlins Rebellion iv. i, I, I, Meder; the Divill Meder him, he has so nudled me.
b. To squeeze, press.
1875Whitby Gloss., Nuddled, as a parcel carried in the hand is apt to be squeezed out of shape. 1888Sheffield Gloss., Nuddle, to press wheat into the earth with a roller.
c. To rub with the nose.
1898Speaker 5 Feb. 181 The mother nuddles him [sc. a lamb] with her nose.
Hence ˈnuddling ppl. a. (Cf. nud, nudgel.)
1640J. Gower Ovids Festivalls ii. 34 She stands and fawns upon the nuddling twins And with her tongue licks o're their tender skins. |