Definition of nurse

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Nurse (v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does..

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Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The act of nursing.
Nourice :: Nourice (n.) A nurse.
Fondle :: Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child..
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..
Escargatoire :: Escargatoire (n.) A nursery of snails.
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does..
Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Nursemaid :: Nursemaid (n.) A girl employed to attend children.
Nurser :: Nurser (n.) One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
Fostress :: Fostress (n.) A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.
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..
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.
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..
Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.
Sporozoa :: Sporosac (n.) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia..
Nurstle :: Nurstle (v. t.) To nurse. See Noursle.
Drynurse :: Drynurse (v. t.) To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..
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