|
|
Definition of Dry-nurse
1. Verb. Take care of an infant without breastfeeding it.
Definition of Dry-nurse
1. Noun. A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dry-nurse
Literary usage of Dry-nurse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review (1844)
"... that finds utterance in language of force and fluency. ART. XXVI.—Monomania.
By DRY NURSE. THE evidence of the medical witnesses on ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles John Crompton, John Jervis, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1832)
"Let it also be remembered, that, if what I have mentioned be the rule, and the
farmer chooses, as he may, to dry nurse the other nine, the parson has this ..."
3. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"This, however, he teem» to have done literally, and as is gathered from passages
in his own works, much in the character of a dry nurse. ..."
4. Ireland from the Restoration to the Revolution, 1660-1690 by John Patrick Prendergast (1887)
"... Commissioners of the Court of Claims.1 Henry's only son, John Whaley, married
Susanna, daughter (as appears by her Petition) of the principal dry nurse ..."
Other Resources:
