Definition of Nursiry
Nurs"er*y (?), n.; pl.
Nurseries (#). [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
1. The act of nursing. [Obs.] "Her kind
nursery." Shak.
2. The place where nursing is carried
on; as: (a) The place, or apartment, in a
house, appropriated to the care of children.
(b) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines,
etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation
of young trees. (c) The place where
anything is fostered and growth promoted. "Fair Padua,
nursery of arts." 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (obsolete) The act of nursing
“Her kind nursery.” —Shakespeare
- 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.
- #: "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." —Shakespeare
- #:
- #: Christian families are the nurseries of the
- #: church on earth, as she is the nursery of the
- #: church in heaven. —J. M. Mason
- # That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
- #:
- (rare) That which is nursed.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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