nursery
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nursery (plural nurseries)
- (obsolete) The act of nursing.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 1, sc. 1:
- I loved her most, and thought to set my rest
- On her kind nursery.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 1, sc. 1:
- A place where nursing is carried on; as:
- A place, or apartment, in a house, used for the care of children.
- A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
- The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
- circa 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act 1, sc. 1:
- Fair Padua, nursery of arts.
- J. M. Mason:
- Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven.
- circa 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act 1, sc. 1:
- That which forms and educates.
- Commerce is the nursery of seamen.
- (rare) That which is nursed.
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A place where nursing is carried out
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That which is nursed
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nursery f. inv.
- nursery (place for the care of children)
