NOURSLE

Etymology

Verb

noursle (third-person singular simple present noursles, present participle noursling, simple past and past participle noursled)

(obsolete, transitive) To nurse; to rear; to bring up.

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Source: Wiktionary


Nour"sle, v. t. Etym: [Freq., fr. OE. nourse. See Nurse.]

Definition: To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.] She noursled him till years he raught. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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