nestcockt (nestkok)

cock; Be sure, in the mortifications of sin, willingly or carele ly to leave no remains of it, no nest - egg , no principles of it, no affections to it. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 17. I got my bit of a nest - egg all by my own sharpne ten suvreigns it was - wi' dousing the fire at Torry's mill, an' it's growed an' growed by a bit an' a bit, till I'n got a matter o' thirty pound. George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , v. 2. nestle (nes'l), v.; pret. and pp. nestled, ppr. nestling. [ And the birds nestled in hire branches and thinges lyuing were fed of that tree. Joye, Expos. of Daniel, iv. The kingfisher wonts commonly by the waterside, and nestles in hollow banks. Sir R. L'Estrange. 2. To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest. And sweet homes nestle in these dales. Whittier, Last Walk in Autumn. The little towns of Almi a and Makarska, both nestling by the water's edge at the mountain's foot. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 200. 3. To dispose one's self comfortably for rest or repose; snuggle; cuddle. II. trans. 1. To provide with a nest; house or shelter; settle as in a nest: often used reflexively. The Picts. came and nestled themselues in Louthian, in the Mers, and other countries more neere to our borders. Holinshed, Hist. Eng., iv. 32. They have seen perjury and murder nestle themselves into a throne, live triumphant, and die peaceably. South , Sermons, IV. iv. Cupid found a downy Bed, And nestled in his little Head. IMG:content-1320.jpg:[graphic] Prior, Love Disarmed. bowls, etc., of diminishing sizes, each fitting 2. To cherish; fondle closely; cuddle, as a bird within the next in order. He has got on his whole nest of nightcaps. B. Jonson , Epicæne, iv. 1. Cogging Cocledemoy is runne away with a neast of goblets. Marston, Dutch Courtezan, i. 1. 7. A connected series of cog-wheels or pulleys. -8. In geol., an aggregated ma of any ore or mineral in an isolated state, within a rock.Crow's nest. See crow's-nest. - Hurrah's nest. See hurrah. - Mare's nest. See marel. - Nest of drawers, a set or a cabinet of small drawers. - Swallow's nest. See nidus hi rund in is, under nidus. - To feather one's nest. See feather.