Dry-nurse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drynurse \Dry"nurse`\, dry-nurse \dry"-nurse`\, v. t.
     To feed, attend, and bring up without breastfeeding it.
     --Hudibras.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dry-nurse
       v : take care of an infant without breastfeeding it