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nourisher|ˈnʌrɪʃə(r)|
Forms: α. 5 norischer, -yschere (-are), -yssher, -eshoure, 6 -issher, -ysher, 6–7 norisher. β. 6 Sc. nurisare, -issar, -isear. γ. 6 nouryssher, 6– nourisher.
[f. nourish v. + -er1. Cf. OF. norissere, nouriseur, etc. (mod.F. nourrisseur).]
1. One who or that which nourishes.
α1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) v. xiv. 109 Good wyl is appropred to the holy ghoost as to the very noryssher and keper. c1440Jacob's Well 189 For almes-dede is noryschere & makere redy þe weye to god. 1533J. Heywood Play of Wether 1223 (Brandl), Of every thynge, I se, you are norysher. 1589Cooper Admon. 226 Whome hee hath appointed as fosterers and norishers of his church.
β1561Winȝet First Tract. Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 7 The inventaris, nurissaris, and simoniacall merchandis of the samyn mischeif. 1581Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 384 The makers and nurissaris of trouble and disorder.
γ1526R. Whitford Martiloge (1893) 43 Saynt Ioseph was nouryssher & bringer up of our sauyour Chryst. 1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. (1594) 685 Amongst such nourishers of our miseries this proverbe is rife. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 38 The Clergy, as the fomenters and nourishers of the religion. 1667Milton P.L. v. 398 These bounties which our Nourisher..hath caus'd The Earth to yeild. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 553 Pleasure..is the greatest nourisher of indolence and indulgence. 1808Lamb Charac. Dram. Writ. Wks. 528 The nourisher and the destroyer of hopeful wits.
2. A thing which affords nourishment; a nourishing agent. Also const. of.
1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. F iv, Wyne that is redde..and claret..are moche greatter nourishers than other wynes. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 146 The greatest nourisher is womans milke. 1651French Distill. v. 110 He may finde out, how great a nourisher, and restorative Wheat is. 1676Grew Anat. Pl., Anat. Leaves i. vi. §4 Most Bodies which abound with Salt, are the greatest Nourishers of Plants. 1742Richardson Pamela IV. 318 Sound Sleep is one of the greatest Nourishers in Nature. 1865Englishm. Mag. Sept. 200 As a nourisher of the body, it [sc. water] is certainly entitled to rank as a food. |