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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

croodle

/(kro͞o"d'l)/ · croo·dle · IPA
01 v. i. To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.
  1. 1.
    To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.[Prov. Eng.]
    “A dove to fly home to her nest and croodle there.” — C. Kingsley.
  2. 2.
    To fawn or coax.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    To coo.[Scot.]