My man of morals, nurtur'd in the shades Of Academus

Cowper, Task, ii. 532. =Syn. 1 and 2. Nurse, Nourish, Nurture. These words are of the same origin. Nurse has the least, and nourish much, of figurative use. Nurture expre es most of thoughtful care and moral discipline: it is not now used in any but this secondary sense. - 2. To instruct, school, rear, breed, discipline. nurturyt, n. [ME. nurterye ; an extended form of nurture.] Nurture. The child was taught great nurterye ; a Master had him vnder his care, & taught him curtesie. IMG:content-1524.png:[blocks in formation] nu ierite (nus'i-er-it), n. [ Nu ière (see def.) + -ite2 .] An impure variety of pyromorphite, from La Nu ière, Rhône, France. nustlet, v. An obsolete form of nuzzle . nut (nut), n. [ ME.nutte , nute , note , hnutu = MD. not , D. noot = MLG. not , note , LG. nut , nutt , nude = OHG. MHG. nuz , G. nu = Icel. hnot My aunt is awful nuts on Marcus Aurelius; I beg your pardon, you don't know the phrase. My aunt makes Marcus Aurelius her Bible. W. Black , Prince of Thule, xi. ( Davies .)