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To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

One who fondles. Johnson.

To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle. Young.

ondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough bloodhoun. Sir W. Scott.

To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] Dryden.

Th treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9. Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow.

To treat as a pet; to fondle. She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.

One Who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words. Asham.

To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. Addison. The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. Jeffrey.

One who dandles or fondles.

To fondle; to dandle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

To caress; to fondle. [Obs.] The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. Dryden.

A person or thing fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection. Fondlings are in danger to be made fools. L'Estrange.

A small dog fondled in the lap.

One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does. A. Trollope. To nurse billiard balls, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms.

To fondle; to cherish. [Obs.]

To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.

To use with tenderness; to fondle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]