Nursle

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈnəːs(É™)l/

Origin

Alteration of nuzzle, after nurse.

Full definition of nursle

Verb

1. (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (up) (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 ....