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nursle, v.|ˈnɜːs(ə)l|
Also 6, 8 noursle.
[var. of nousle nuzzle v.2, assimilated to nurse v.
In modernized reprints of 16th century works nursle is sometimes substituted for nusle, nousle, etc.]
1. trans. = nuzzle v.2 2.
1596Spenser F.Q. vi. iv. 35 Whether ye list him traine in chevalry, Or noursle up in lore of learn'd Philosophy. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 30 The poor seduced souls of forraign subjects, that have been invincibly noursled up in ignorance and superstition.
1860Motley Netherl. II. x. 77 The lewd sinner, nursled in revolutions, had detected the secret policy. 1899Gardiner Cromwell 48 Nursled as we are under a regime of religious liberty.
2. To nurse, foster, cherish.
a1652Brome Eng. Moor iii. iii, To have a Bastard of so many years Nursled i' th' Countrey. 1746W. Thompson Hymn to May xxxi. 4 Whose bosom..Flows out to noursle innocence distrest. 1829Poe Al Aaraaf, The wave that sparkled there, And nursled the young mountain in its lair. |