nursingn.
/ˈnəːsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnərsɪŋ/ 1. The action of nurse v. (in various senses).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun]
governaila1400
husbanding?1440
nursing?1533
culture1580
cultivation1637
elevation1658
growth1663
rearing1693
growing1889
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care for or looking after
keepingc1330
nursing?1533
looking after?1537
tendance1580
tendment1597
caretaking1765
tendancya1774
caringa1797
mothering1868
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > fostering care
nurturec1330
nursing?1533
fosterhood1834
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > suckling infant
sockc1000
suck13..
nourishingc1325
nursing?1533
lactation1668
suckling1842
breastfeeding1858
the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun] > tending the sick
nursing1727
nurse-tending1771
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > electioneering > by specific methods
nursing1883
pensioneering1954
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ddi Nother more nor lesse may nat the soule..contynewe without her propre norsinge.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 50v Neyther can [she] conceiue the lyke pleasure in nursinge as the mother doth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 323 First pay me for the Nursing of thy Sonnes. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Webster Metallographia i. 7 Moses after his nursing was brought to Pharaoh's daughter.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 24 With careful nursing, I quite recover'd him.
1803 J. Farquarson in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) I. ii. ix. 510 Nursing causes a luxuriant growth in this hardy mountainous tree.
1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia iii. 64 This most necessary ammunition required much nursing during a long exploration.
1883 Athenæum 27 Jan. 119/1 A money-lender's ‘nursing’ of a small seaside constituency.
1916 E. H. Porter Just David xxi. 270 They are doing all in their power, of course, but they say that—that it's going to be the nursing that will count now.
1955 B. Spock Baby & Child Care (U.K. new ed.) 35 The doctor may recommend some medication to apply after nursing.
1987 W. Raeper George MacDonald vi. 66 He was often weak in body and in need of her nursing.
2. spec. The practice or profession of providing health care as a nurse; the duties of a nurse. Frequently attributive.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun] > tending the sick > as a profession
nursing1859
practical nursing1885
1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing 6 I use the word nursing for want of a better.
1889 H. C. O'Neill & E. A. Barnett Our Nurses i. 2 It is commonly and justly coming to be held that nursing in all its branches is a career for educated women.
1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 148 Appointment to a nursing post would be an indulgence the woman does not merit.
1914 W. Owen Let. 29 Oct. (1967) 291 The Nursing Training is capital for you.
1970 K. K. Guinée Professional Nurse i. 6 The teacher of nursing carefully selects learning experiences in the clinical area.
1988 Bella 4 Apr. 50/2 Nursing is one of the most secure jobs going.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. In the names of garments and other objects intended for use when feeding infants.
nursing basque n.
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1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 104/3 Nursing basque, basque with buttoned closings, one on each side of the front.
nursing bottle n.
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1839 N. Amer. Rev. July 247 He will comprehend it not a whit the better, though it be discussed in terms which savor strongly of the pap-spoon and nursing-bottle.
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xlii. 1041 Many kinds of nursing-bottles have been lately invented, and some mounted with India-rubber nipples.
1983 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 70 79 Artificial feeding was also encouraged by the promotion of nursing bottles and nipples.
nursing bra n.
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1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 362/2 Finest nylon lace nursing bra... Easy-open clasp lets you hold baby as you open cups.
1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 54 She removes the nursing bra she's been trying on for fit.
nursing brassière n.
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1950 N. Heaton & G. Daynes Feeding Mothers & Babies ii. 55 A nursing brassière..should have a waterproof lining.
1986 J. F. Keefer Mrs Mucharski & Princess in L. Hutcheon & M. Richmond Other Solitudes (1990) 284 They began to leak warm driblets of milk through the cups of her nursing brassiere, past her peignoir and into the comforter.
nursing chair n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs
farthingale chair1552
side chair1582
high chair1609
scroll chair1614
Turkey chair1683
curule chair1695
reading chair1745
rush-bottom1754
conversation-chair1793
Windsor tub1800
Trafalgar chair1808
beehive-chair1816
nursing chair1826
Hitchcockc1828
toilet seat1829
kangaroo1834
prie-dieu1838
tub-chair1839
barrel-chair1850
Cromwell chair1868
office chair1874
swivel-chair1885
steamer-chair1886
suggan chair1888
lawn chair1895
saddle seat1895
Bombay chair1896
veranda-chair1902
X chair1904
Yorkshire chair1906
three legs and a swinger1916
saddlebag1919
riempie stool1933
gaspipe chair1934
slipper chair1938
Eames chair1946
contour chair1948
sling-back1948
sling chair1957
booster chair1960
booster seat1967
beanbag1969
sack chair1970
papasan1980
Muskoka chair1987
1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1546 ‘Aunt Shakerly’..placed Mr. Hood's baby cousin in the nursing-chair.
1944 A. Seton Dragonwyck i. 4 She unbuttoned her bodice, snatched up the hungry baby, and settled on the low nursing chair.
1971 Country Life 22 July (Suppl.) 32b/2 (advt.) A Wm. IV nursing chair of hammock shape upholstered in deeply buttoned Havana brown leather.
nursing corset n.
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1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 309/2 Dr. Strong's Tricora Nursing Corset has proved a great comfort to mothers.
nursing stool n.
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1697 Inventory Pearce A Cradle & nurseing stoole.
1994 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 20 Feb. e4 There are belly bras, pregnancy pillows and nursing stools—all of which offer back and abdomen support.
b. In the titles of posts within the nursing profession.
nursing assistant n.
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1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 58/2 Table 2 reveals that the attitudes of nursing assistants and charge attendants do not differ.
1998 Watt's On (Heriot-Watt Univ. Students' Assoc.) Nov. 11/1 The rate of pay for an A Grade Nursing Assistant (no experience required) is £4.19–£5.12 per hour.
nursing auxiliary n.
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1945 Public Opinion Q. 9 274 They manned our merchant ships, and filled up the women's armed forces and nursing auxiliaries.
1991 L. Stoker Having It All (BNC) 26 The local hospital was offering nursing training courses; however..Val applied too late, so she became a nursing auxiliary instead.
nursing sister n.
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1855 S. Corder Life Elizabeth Fry 636 The help of the ‘Nursing Sisters’ became invaluable, two or three being in constant attendance.
1932 Pacific Affairs 5 1089/1 Before his death, the place had been transformed..to a settlement with houses, hospitals, orphanages, churches, and a ministering community of priests, doctors and nursing sisters.
1985 E. Kuzwayo Call me Woman ii. ix. 119 Almost all the girls who were in that..group have become nursing sisters.
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nursing chart n. a chart for recording details about a patient's condition.
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1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose I. xi. 66 Conrad Byrne has crossed to the table where lies the nursing-chart and has taken it up and is deep in it.
1995 Intensive Care Med. 21 303 The prospective surveillance included partial medical and nursing chart reviews.
nursing cover n. (a) care by nursing staff; the provision of such care; (b) a piece of fabric, typically one designed for the purpose, used during breastfeeding to cover the breast and baby's head.
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1968 Nursing Mirror & Midwives Jrnl. 14 June 116 There has been a substantial growth in manufacturing operations on our Worthing site, and we have decided to extend our nursing cover.
1985 N. Bosanquet & K. Gerard Nursing Manpower v. 25 They are providing nursing cover for some 5 million in-patients.
1996 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 31 Mar. b3 A bib-like nursing cover for mothers who want to breast-feed their babies in public with privacy.
2003 Northern Echo 2 July 6 a Health trust officials are urging Darlington people to make use of the town's 24-hour nursing cover.
2013 www.mumsnet.com 1 Feb. (forum post, accessed 2 June 2017) The idea of nursing covers at all annoys me slightly as I don't think women should feel that they have to cover up when feeding.
nursing home n. a small (often private) institution providing residential accommodation with health care, esp. for the elderly; (also occasionally figurative) a place where certain qualities are nurtured.
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society > education > place of education > [noun]
schoolOE
universityc1300
academyc1550
nursery1581
training place1581
seminarya1604
cathedral1644
teaching house1849
separate school1852
nursing home1880
stable1942
the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > nursing home
maison de santé1843
old people's home1873
nursing home1880
rest home1889
1880 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 936/1 Hundreds of thousands of acres of beautiful woodlands, that were the nursing-homes of streams..have been burned up.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 681 He was removed to a nursing-home.
1938 L. P. Smith Unforgotten Years vi. 149 Her barrister husband insisted..that I should be transferred without delay to what was, in his opinion, the only nursing home of reasonable thought and noble ambition—in fact, to Balliol College.
1986 Herald (Keswick & Lake District) 13 Sept. 1/4 I don't think there is a nursing home in Keswick and a nursing home does not just embrace the elderly. It is for the sick.
nursing officer n. a person with administrative responsibility for nursing staff or procedures in a hospital, government department, etc.
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1972 Statistician 21 263 The monthly forms and quarterly totals are examined by the divisional nursing officer as part of their supervision of the work of the health visitor.
1975 Economist (Nexis) 5 Apr. 31 Their hospital's chief nursing officer [has been] transformed into an area or district nursing officer... Her responsibilities are spread over a much wider sphere.
1992 Nursing Times 17 Nov. 7 The DoH nursing officer who is responsible for the implementation of nurse prescribing, said the nurses' formulary would be published shortly.
nursing pouch n. the pouch of some female marsupials, in which the young are nursed.
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1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 26/2 Females for the most part with nursing pouches.
1883 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 174 579 The bones of the fore-arm are freely articulated for both rotary and flexile movements, a power which has been suggested to relate to manipulations of the nursing pouch.
1902 Nature 14 Aug. 374/2 The egg-pouch of the monotremes does not appear to be homologous with the nursing-pouch of the marsupials.
nursing station n. (a) Canadian a medical centre, esp. one in a small or remote town, having a full-time nursing staff and visited periodically by doctors; (b) = nurses' station n. at nurse n.1 Compounds 3.
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1930 Beaver June 16 The small old hospitals..are becoming what we call nursing stations with only a summer visiting medical and surgical staff.
1976 N.Y. Times 17 Sept. 20/2 Lab and X-ray charges should be posted in doctors' lounges and at nursing stations for review.
1992 R. M. Bone Geogr. Canad. North viii. 189 The probability of a mother and her new-born surviving greatly increased because most births now took place in hospitals or nursing stations.
1993 Harper's June 32/1 She'd gnarl up her face for no reason while giving out bedtime meds and slam back into the nursing station without a word.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
nursingadj.
/ˈnəːsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnərsɪŋ/ 1. That nurses (in various senses of the verb).
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > looking after
nursing1597
tendfula1697
tending1816
mothering1855
the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > of or relating to generation or development > that promotes development
nursing1708
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [adjective] > of parts > of cotyledon or seed-leaf
tricotyledonous1828
cotyledonar1830
cotyledonous1830
cotyledonal1850
incumbent1851
cotyledonary1854
nursing1861
hypocotyledonary1875
hypocotyledonous1880
syncotyledonous1898
1597 R. Parry Sinetes Passions sig. D Repyning fretts and sturs the angrie minde, That patience (which is the nursing foode,) In such extreames, can no disgestion finde.
a1600 T. Deloney Garland Good Will (1631) ii. sig. E8v She tooke the Babies from the nursing Ladies, betweene her tender armes.
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 547 A Sunne-shine day, from clowdes, and mists still cleare: Kinde nursing fires for wishes yet vnborne.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 924 My redoubl'd love and care With nursing diligence..May ever tend about thee to old age. View more context for this quotation
1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 62 Ev'n afflictive Birch..distills A limpid Current from her wounded Bark, Profuse of nursing Sap.
1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 264 Does any one of you think that England..would, under such a nursing attendance, so rapidly..recover?
1812 Examiner 4 May 282/2 The figures of a nursing and a waiting girl.
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 4 He would soon have him in command of a fine frigate, with a good nursing first lieutenant.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 135 The first leaves which are developed are called cotyledons..or nursing or seminal.
1913 Proc. Royal Soc. 1912–13 B. 86 97 It would be advantageous if..it were possible to calculate directly the amount of milk secreted by a nursing woman.
1954 D. Hartley Food in Eng. 660 You cannot keep a cat on milk only... Nursing queens should be given water to drink and solid food.
1990 Dogworld Aug. 15/2 (advt.) Give your puppies and pregnant and nursing bitches Canine Growth.
2. That is being nursed.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > sucking (of child)
suckingc1000
nursing1841
sucky1977
1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 189 Discipline erected, so I trust, That nursing Kings shall come and lick thy dust.
1841 L. H. Sigourney Pocahontas 183 She whose ear Her nursing-infant's sigh Hath never waked to hear When midnight's hush was nigh.
1860 J. Brown Let. 15 Aug. in J. Cairns Mem. J. Brown 416 One woman..had a nursing baby in her arms.
1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes iii. 42 The fearful responsibility that had devolved upon him with the care of that wee thing, his son, still a nursing babe.
1940 C. L. Brown et al. Amer. Cooks 530 Marrow Gut consists of the intestines of nursing veal that still have the curd of mother's milk in them.
1988 Nature Conservancy May 9 (caption) This nursing Florida manatee calf and mother.
Derivatives
ˈnursingly adv. rare
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adverb]
tendably?c1450
protectingly1828
nursingly1865
1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 69 Whether it ought not piously to save, and nursingly cherish, the lives of its murderers.
2000 Business World (Philippines) (Nexis) 14 Apr. 42 Its Manila office is sponsoring ‘Nursingly Yours, The Netherlands,’ a program which will provide training for qualified Filipino nurses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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