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CROODLE
Etymology
Verb
croodle (third-person singular simple present croodles, present participle croodling, simple past and past participle croodled)
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To fawn or coax.
(Scotland, dialect, obsolete) To make a cooing sound.
Anagrams
• cedorol, colored, crooled, decolor
Source: Wiktionary
Croo"dle (kr"d'l), v. i. Etym: [Cf. Cruddle, Crudle.]
1. To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Forby. A dove to fly home her nest and croodle there. C. Kingsley.
2. To fawn or coax. [Obs.]
3. To coo. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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