Definition of nurse

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Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..

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Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors..
Suckling :: Suckling (v. t.) A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Rosery :: Rosery (n.) A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1..
Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.
Altrices :: Altrices (n. pl.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces..
Nursemaid :: Nursemaid (n.) A girl employed to attend children.
Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees..
Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.
Nursepond :: Nursepond (n.) A pond where fish are fed.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources..
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
Milkwort :: Milkwort (n.) A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..
Seminary :: Seminary (n.) A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
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