Croo'dle, v. i.
Sense 1. To bend over; to cower down or shrink together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in their straw. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Forby.
Not as a dove to fly home to her nest and croodle there. C. Kingsley.
Sense 2. To fawn or coax. Wright.