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verb

Nurse v. t. (past & past part. nursed; pres. part. nursing)

To nourish; to cherish; to foster; as:

(a)

To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.

(b)

To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon. "Sons wont to nurse their parents in old age." "Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore, And nursed his youth along the marshy shore."

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. "To nurse the saplings tall." "By what hands (has vice) been nursed into so uncontrolled a dominion?"

To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.

To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.

To nurse billiard balls, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms.

adjective

Nursing adj. Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.

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— From Powder Monkey to Admiral - A Story of Naval Adventure • W.H.G. Kingston

... him yesterday when I was at the village, but I saw and spoke to Lucy, his sister, who was nursed at this breast; and how I yearned to press her to it! Pretty creature, how she hath grown! Little did my lady think, when she drove me away, that I was the Nelly who used to be so much at the Hall, nursing Lucy, whilst Mrs Bargrove gave her breast to Miss Agnes. Little did Lucy, when she loaded my wallet with victuals, think that she had so long lain in these arms. Heigho! bye-gone is bye-gone! What a haughty woman ...

— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat

... this, for the same grave-looking doctor who had closed her father's door against her was now standing on the threshold; and Nea forgot everything in her gratitude and joy as he told her that, though severely injured, Mr. Huntingdon was in no danger, and with quiet and rest, and good nursing, he would soon be himself again. It would all depend on her, he added, looking at the agitated girl in a fatherly manner; and he bade her dry her eyes and look as cheerful as she could that she might not disturb Mr. Huntingdon. ...

— Wee Wifie • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... know what that old boy said when I happened to comment upon the excellent nursing he must have had?'" Grace read on, while Amy tried hard to look unconcerned. "'He reached under his pillow and pulled out three pictures. "Those are my three girls," he said, and I swear there was moisture in his eyes. "You probably ...

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