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Nestling

noun

Young bird not yet fledged. Synonym: baby bird.

A young person of either sex. Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster. "They're just kids" , "'tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

Nestle

verb

(past & past part. nestled; pres. part. nestling)

Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nuzzle, snuggle. "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"

Lie in a sheltered position.

Position comfortably. Synonym: snuggle.

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"Nestling" Quotes from Famous Books

... you'll be on the lake, or sliding on the snow, And breathing on your hands to make the circulation flow, Nestling your nose among the furs of which your boa's made,— The Fahrenheit here registers ...

— Christmas - Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse • Various

... is not at all great for New World study, in the sense that Isaiah and Eschylus and the book of Job are unquestionably great—is not to be mention'd with Shakspere—hardly even with current Tennyson or our Emerson—he has a nestling niche of his own, all fragrant, fond, and quaint and homely—a lodge built near but outside the mighty temple of the gods of song and art—those universal strivers, through their works of harmony and melody and power, to ever show or intimate man's crowning, last, victorious fusion in himself of ...

— Complete Prose Works - Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy • Walt Whitman

... the sea foam. In his picture she floats to the shore standing in a shell, her golden hair wrapped round her. The winds behind blow her onward and scatter pink and red roses through the air. On the shore stands Spring, who holds out a mantle, flowers nestling in its folds, ready to enwrap the goddess when the winds shall ...

— Knights of Art - Stories of the Italian Painters • Amy Steedman

... a large sea-fowl taken as a nestling, and trained to the work. A ring of bronze is round its neck to prevent its swallowing the spoil for which it dives, and for each fish it takes and flies back with to the boat, the head and tail and inwards are given to ...

— The Lost Continent • C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

... the intuition that only a child can have, suddenly bridged the gulf of strange language and understood. With the quick movement of a nestling bird, she bent forward and laid her cheek against the boy's shoulder. It was not only complete surrender, ...

— Little Sister Snow • Frances Little

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