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Webster 1913 Edition

Nursery

Nurs′er-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Nurseries
(#)
.
[Cf. F.
nourricerie
.]
1.
The act of nursing.
[Obs.]
“Her kind nursery.”
Shak.
Christian families are the
nurseries
of the church on earth, as she is the
nursery
of the church in heaven.
J. M. Mason.
(d)
That which forms and educates;
as, commerce is the
nursery
of seamen
.
3.
That which is nursed.
[R.]
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nursery

NURS'ERY

,
Noun.
1.
The place or apartment in a house appropriated to the care of children.
2.
A place where young trees are propagated for the purpose of being transplanted; a plantation of young trees.
3.
The place where any thing is fostered and the growth promoted.
To see fair Padua, nursery of arts.
So we say , a nursery of thieves or of rogues. Ale houses and dram-shops are the nurseries of intemperance.
Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven.
4.
Taht which forms and educates. Commerce is the nursery of seamen.
5.
The act of nursing. [Little used.]
6.
That which is the object of a nurse's care.

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