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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Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children..
Suckle :: Suckle (v. t.) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which is nursed.
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..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia..
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..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant..
Nursepond :: Nursepond (n.) A pond where fish are fed.
Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.
Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Ayah :: Ayah (n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid..
Nurser :: Nurser (n.) One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
Norice :: Norice (n.) Nurse.
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.
Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Nurstle :: Nurstle (v. t.) To nurse. See Noursle.
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where nursing is carried o.
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