Definition of nurse

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

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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.
Nurstle :: Nurstle (v. t.) To nurse. See Noursle.
Fondle :: Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child..
Norice :: Norice (n.) Nurse.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish; to cherish; to foste.
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant..
Suckling :: Suckling (v. t.) A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..
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..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.
Tender :: Tender (n.) One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; 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..
Nurseryman :: Nurseryman (n.) One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearing trees, etc..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where nursing is carried o.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..
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