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Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention..

Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..

Fondle :: Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child..

Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever..

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen..

Suckler :: Suckle (v. i.) To nurse; to suck.

Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.

Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..

Escargatoire :: Escargatoire (n.) A nursery of snails.

Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia..

Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..

Nurser :: Nurser (n.) One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which is nursed.

Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.

Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..

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..

Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..

Noursle :: Noursle (v. t.) To nurse; to rear; to bring up.

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where nursing is carried o.

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