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nestling

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nestling  \Nes"tling\  n. 
  1.  A  young  bird  which  has  not  abandoned  the  nest.  --Piers 
  Plowman. 
 
  2.  A  nest;  a  receptacle.  [Obs.]  --Bacon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nestling  \Nes"tling\,  a. 
  Newly  hatched;  being  yet  in  the  nest. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nestle  \Nes"tle\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Nestled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Nestling}.]  [AS.  nestlian.] 
  1.  To  make  and  occupy  a  nest;  to  nest.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  kingfisher  .  .  .  nestles  in  hollow  banks. 
  --L'Estrange. 
 
  2.  To  lie  close  and  snug,  as  a  bird  in  her  nest;  to  cuddle 
  up  to  settle,  as  in  a  nest;  to  harbor;  to  take  shelter. 
 
  Their  purpose  was  to  fortify  in  some  strong  place  of 
  the  wild  country,  and  there  nestle  till  succors 
  came  --Bacon. 
 
  3.  To  move  about  in  one's  place  like  a  bird  when  shaping  the 
  interior  of  her  nest  or  a  young  bird  getting  close  to  the 
  parent;  as  a  child  nestles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nestling 
  n  1:  young  bird  not  yet  fledged  [syn:  {baby  bird}] 
  2:  a  young  person  of  either  sex  (between  birth  and  puberty); 
  "she  writes  books  for  children";  "they're  just  kids"; 
  "`tiddler'  is  a  British  term  for  youngsters"  [syn:  {child}, 
  {kid},  {youngster},  {minor},  {shaver},  {nipper},  {small 
  fry},  {tiddler},  {tike},  {tyke},  {fry}]




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