nurse

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• Nurse

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

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• to nurse

  To cheat: as, they nursed him out of it. An estate in the hands of trustees, for the payment of bdeb...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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...

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• Wet nurse

  ·- A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. ·cf. Dry nurse. ...

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• 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