different between nursle vs nursie

nursle

English

Etymology

Alteration of nuzzle, after nurse.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?n??s(?)l/

Verb

nursle (third-person singular simple present nursles, present participle nursling, simple past and past participle nursled)

  1. (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (a person).
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:
      the late borne childe [] till to ryper yeares he gan aspire, / He noursled vp in life and manners wilde []

Anagrams

  • lusern

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nursie

English

Etymology

nurse +? -ie

Noun

nursie (plural nursies)

  1. (childish, mainly as a term of address) nurse
    • 1891, George MacDonald, A Rough Shaking
      “Bravo, Nursie!” cried Marway. “There ain't a flunkey of you all could do it better!” Clare said nothing, finished the job, and stood up.

Anagrams

  • Ursine, insure, inures, rusine, urines, ursine

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