nosel

nos·el
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UK/ˈnəʊzl̩/US/ˈnoʊz(ə)l/

A form of nuzzle — To push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an object) against or into something.

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Meanings

verbnosel (third-person singular simple present nosels, present participle noselling, simple past and past participle noselled)

present singular third person nosels · participle present noselling · participle past noselled · past noselled

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of nuzzle.

    Yf any man therfore vſe the ſcripture to drawe the [thee] from Chriſte and to noſell the [thee] in any thinge ſave in Chriſte / the ſame is a falſe prophete.

    1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “The .IIIJ. Senses of yͤ Scripture”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio cxlj, verso

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

OlsenElsonSlonesolenlenos
Cite this entry
APA

nosel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosel

MLA

“nosel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nosel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosel.

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