- dry-nurse
- transitive verb Date: 1581 1. to act as dry nurse to 2. to give unnecessary supervision to
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dry-nurse
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Dry nurse — Nurse Nurse (n[^u]rs), n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See {Nourish}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dry nurse — n. a nurse who takes care of a baby but does not breast feed it: cf. WET NURSE dry nurse vt. dry nursed, dry nursing … English World dictionary
Dry nurse — A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; in distinction from a {wet nurse}, who suckles it. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dry nurse — dry′ nurse n. a nurse who takes care of but does not breast feed another s infant Compare wet nurse • Etymology: 1590–1600 dry′ nurse , v.t. nursed, nurs•ing … From formal English to slang
dry-nurse — ( )drī nərs vt, dry nursed; dry nurs·ing to act as dry nurse to … Medical dictionary
dry nurse — n a nurse who takes care of but does not breast feed another woman s baby … Medical dictionary
dry nurse — noun a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant • Hypernyms: ↑nanny, ↑nursemaid, ↑nurse * * * noun 1. : a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant compare wet nurse 2. : one who aids or instructs another usually unnecessarily … Useful english dictionary
Dry nurse — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Dry nurse (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on dry nurse instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/dry nurse … Wikipedia
dry-nurse — Drynurse Dry nurse , dry nurse dry nurse , v. t. To feed, attend, and bring up without breastfeeding it. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dry-nurse — noun A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed The family found a dry nurse to take care of the infant. See Also: wet nurse … Wiktionary
dry-nurse — /druy nerrs /, v.t., dry nursed, dry nursing. to act as a dry nurse to. [1575 85] * * * … Universalium
