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Nustle

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take care of fondly; to cherish; to nurse. obsolete

    "And now by means of those worldly Lectures, which he had by my direction so gravely, and effectually read unto me, I became such a Proficient in Mammon's School, as those who long time had been nursed and nustled in it, could not come near me in the Practical part of a Worldling."

  2. 2
    To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.

    "Old men, long nustled in corruption, scorn them that would seek reformation."

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Compare nuzzle and nursle.

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