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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1604-1609
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Nurs, Nource, v. [e.m.E. nourse (1526), nurse (1535), nource (1546), reduced form of Nuris v.] tr. To rear, to foster, to suckle. — c1420 Wynt. v. 1995.
The chyld than gert thai tendyrly Be nursyt [C. nwrist] quhill thare wes gane by … full sewyn yhere 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 41.
She must haue a stranger to nource her childe
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