nestles

adv. In an earnest manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come honestly by. (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Nestled p. pr. & vb. n. Nestling ] [ AS. nestlian. ] 1. To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The kingfisher . . . nestles in hollow banks. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and there nestle till succors came. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The children were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. Clement Clarke Moore (A Visit From St. Nicholas, (a poem [ 1823 ]) also called The Night Before Christmas). [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To house, as in a nest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cherish, as a bird her young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nest; a receptacle. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Newly hatched; being yet in the nest. [ 1913 Webster ]