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† ˈnurry Obs.
Also nurrye, nurri, nurre(e; nury(e.
[a. OF. nurri, pa. pple. of nurrir: cf. norry and nourry.]
1. Foster-child, nursling.
a1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. pr. ix. (1868) 86 O my nurry, quod she, by þis oppinioun..I seye þat þou art blisful. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 139 Sche putte hir nurri, whiche sche had brouȝt with hir out of Engelond, for to fiȝte aȝenst þe accuser. a1400Morte Arth. 689 Thowe arte my neuewe fulle nere, my nurree of olde. a1500Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) iv. 154, I have noe childe, fowle ne fayre, Safe my Nurry, to be my heyre.
2. Fosterer, upbringer.
c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 605 Þe bischop cuthbert nurry, When he saw þat he suld dy,..Betaght cuthbert to his cuyr. |