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Somehow i couldn't post this as an answer to this question (http://surnames.behindthename.com/messages/3170.html) so i post the answer here.

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http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?html=b&ln=Kuzel&sourcecode=13304

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Czech (Kuzel): from kuzel ‘distaff’, ‘cone’, either a descriptive nickname for someone with a cone-shaped head or an unflattering nickname for an unstable, inconstant person, one who was easliy moved around.

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This is the base form. Kuzelik can also be found and my guess is that Kuzelicki is a Polish form of Kuzelik, because the -cki ending is a Polish suffix. This ending means the same as -ski : from, pertaining to (often this means 'kin of' / 'family of'). The ending -ik means 'little'.

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So the whole name Kuzelicki means 'kin of the little cone' of which the cone part as explained above pertains to someone with a cone-shaped head or someone that is easily moved.