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One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
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To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…
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To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…
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A midwife.
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A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.
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A child's name for mamma, mother.
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A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
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A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.
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One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.
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A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.
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A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
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Trial, as a test or experiment.
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of Fee
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To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
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One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.
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A girl employed to attend children.
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A girl employed to attend children.
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One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
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One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
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of Nurse
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
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A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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A salt of lactic acid.
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A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.
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A girl employed to attend children.
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To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…
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A teat.
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