nursle

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English

Etymology

Alteration of nuzzle, after nurse.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (up) (a person).
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:
      the late borne childe [...] till to ryper yeares he gan aspire, / He noursled vp in life and manners wilde [...].

Anagrams

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