to nurse

To cheat: as, they nursed him out of it. An estate in the hands of trustees, for the payment of bdebts, is said to be at nurse.

Nurse
·noun Either one of the nurse sharks. II. Nurse ·vt To <<Caress>>; to fondle, as a nurse does. III...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
nurse
An able first lieutenant, who in former times had charge of a young boy-captain of interest, but pos...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Nurse
In ancient times the position of the nurse, wherever one was maintained, was one of much honor sad i...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Dry nurse
·- A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; — in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Wet nurse
·- A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. ·cf. Dry nurse. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
grey nurse
n. a New South Wales name for aspecies of Shark, Odontaspis americanus, Mitchell,family Lamnidae, w...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris