dry-nursen.

Etymology: Compare dry adj. 4b.

1. A woman who takes care of and attends to a child, but does not suckle it (opposed to wet nurse); formerly, also, in the general sense of ‘nurse’. at dry nurse (cf. nurse n.¹ 2a).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse

nouricec1225

nursea1325

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nursha1382

nursery nurse1494

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nurse-girl1596

dry-nursea1616

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bonne1771

ayah1782

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momma1803

nursery girla1812

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Plunket1909

metapelet1950

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. ii. 4 One Mistris Quickly; which is in the manner of his Nurse; or his dry-Nurse [1602 try nurse]; or his Cooke.

a1618 W. Raleigh Instr. to Sonne ii, in Remains (1661) 84 After a while thou didst love thy Drie-nurse, and didst forget the other.

1663 S. Tuke Adventures of Five Hours v. iii There's no cook, nor dry-nurse, like a wife.

1731 J. Swift To Gay 8 Make a dry-nurse of thy muse?

1839 R. Barham in Bentley's Misc. 6 640 Neglecting the poor little dear out at dry-nurse.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. iii. 169 To play the drynurse to three starving brats.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. ix. 206 Mrs. Horsfall had him at dry-nurse.

2. figurative. A man who is charged with ‘looking after’ another; esp. one who instructs or ‘coaches’ a superior in his duties.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > teacher of superior

dry-nurse1631

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. v. 11 in Wks. II Well, this dry-nurse..is a delicate man.

c1640 Capt. Underwit in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 322 (Farmer) You must have a dry nurse, as many Captaines have..I can hire you an old limping decayed sergeant at Brainford.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 371 Grand caterer and dry nurse of the church!

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. vi. 187 The old general who, in foreign armies, is placed at the elbow of the Prince of the Blood, who nominally commands in chief, on condition of attempting nothing without the advice of his dry-nurse.

1826 Duke of Wellington in Croker Papers (1884) I. xi. 343 When the Horse Guards are obliged to employ one of those fellows like me in whom they have no confidence, they give him what is called a second in command—one in whom they have confidence—a kind of dry nurse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

dry-nursev.

Etymology: < dry-nurse n. or < dry adj. + nurse v.

transitive. To bring up ‘by hand’, without the breast; to play the dry-nurse to (literal and figurative); to ‘coach’ or instruct (a superior) in his duties.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [verb (transitive)] > without breast-feeding

dry-nurse1581

society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > teach superior

to set to lore (also to book, to school)1548

dry-nurse1858

1581 B. Rich Farewell Mil. Profession (Shaks. Soc.) 185 Her daughter..she committed to the outlawes..who..promised to drie nurse the child so well as thei could till she should make retourne.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 84 As Romulus a Wolf did rear, So he was dry-nurs'd by a Bear.

1767 S. Pennington Lett. IV. 13 A round flexible pipe might be contrived for the feeding dry-nursed children.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack ii. 8 She had dry-nursed a young baronet.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. iv. 623 Franz of Lorraine bears the title of Commander, whom Seckendorf is to dry-nurse.

1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough I. 282 Some regular officers who had been selected..for the purpose of dry-nursing their inexperienced colonels.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	dry-nurse
释义	dry-nursen. Etymology: Compare dry adj. 4b. 1. A woman who takes care of and attends to a child, but does not suckle it (opposed to wet nurse); formerly, also, in the general sense of ‘nurse’. at dry nurse (cf. nurse n.¹ 2a). ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse nouricec1225 nursea1325 rockera1325 nourish1340 nursha1382 nursery nurse1494 nutrice1529 nurse-girl1596 dry-nursea1616 nursey1760 bonne1771 ayah1782 nanny1785 momma1803 nursery girla1812 mammy1837 nanac1844 day nurse1855 caretaker1858 nursekin1862 Norland1894 nounou1894 nurselet1894 Plunket1909 metapelet1950 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. ii. 4 One Mistris Quickly; which is in the manner of his Nurse; or his dry-Nurse [1602 try nurse]; or his Cooke. View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh Instr. to Sonne ii, in Remains (1661) 84 After a while thou didst love thy Drie-nurse, and didst forget the other. 1663 S. Tuke Adventures of Five Hours v. iii There's no cook, nor dry-nurse, like a wife. 1731 J. Swift To Gay 8 Make a dry-nurse of thy muse? 1839 R. Barham in Bentley's Misc. 6 640 Neglecting the poor little dear out at dry-nurse. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. iii. 169 To play the drynurse to three starving brats. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. ix. 206 Mrs. Horsfall had him at dry-nurse. 2. figurative. A man who is charged with ‘looking after’ another; esp. one who instructs or ‘coaches’ a superior in his duties. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > teacher of superior dry-nurse1631 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. v. 11 in Wks. II Well, this dry-nurse..is a delicate man. c1640 Capt. Underwit in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 322 (Farmer) You must have a dry nurse, as many Captaines have..I can hire you an old limping decayed sergeant at Brainford. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 371 Grand caterer and dry nurse of the church! 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. vi. 187 The old general who, in foreign armies, is placed at the elbow of the Prince of the Blood, who nominally commands in chief, on condition of attempting nothing without the advice of his dry-nurse. 1826 Duke of Wellington in Croker Papers (1884) I. xi. 343 When the Horse Guards are obliged to employ one of those fellows like me in whom they have no confidence, they give him what is called a second in command—one in whom they have confidence—a kind of dry nurse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). dry-nursev. Etymology: < dry-nurse n. or < dry adj. + nurse v. transitive. To bring up ‘by hand’, without the breast; to play the dry-nurse to (literal and figurative); to ‘coach’ or instruct (a superior) in his duties. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [verb (transitive)] > without breast-feeding dry-nurse1581 society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > teach superior to set to lore (also to book, to school)1548 dry-nurse1858 1581 B. Rich Farewell Mil. Profession (Shaks. Soc.) 185 Her daughter..she committed to the outlawes..who..promised to drie nurse the child so well as thei could till she should make retourne. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 84 As Romulus a Wolf did rear, So he was dry-nurs'd by a Bear. 1767 S. Pennington Lett. IV. 13 A round flexible pipe might be contrived for the feeding dry-nursed children. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack ii. 8 She had dry-nursed a young baronet. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. iv. 623 Franz of Lorraine bears the title of Commander, whom Seckendorf is to dry-nurse. 1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough I. 282 Some regular officers who had been selected..for the purpose of dry-nursing their inexperienced colonels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1616v.1581
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