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▪ I. nourishing, vbl. n.|ˈnʌrɪʃɪŋ|
[f. nourish v.]
1. The action of the verb, in various senses.
α1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4900 Þis children were wel ȝonge ysend..to gode norrissinge. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋274 Euerycch of vs hath..occasion to be tempted of þe norisshyng of synne. c1440Gesta Rom. xxvi. 98 He ordeynid for fostering & noreshing of this childe iij. norisis. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. ciii. [xcix.] 299, I thynke they shall be skrymysshed withall, for that is the lyfe and norysshynge of men of warre and their passetyme. 1560Bp. Pilkington Expos. Aggeus (1562) 91 Norishing is defined of the physicions [etc.].
βc1440Alph. Tales 1 Ye spend full wele your nurysshyng..þat of men makis bestis. 1477Exch. Rolls Scot. VIII. 403 note, For the service..done in the nurysing of oure said derrest sone. 1538Starkey England i. ii. 36 The lake of necessarys, for nuryschyng and clothyng of the body. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. ii. 23 b, Nvrisching of peace and love.
γ1470–85Malory Arthur i. iii–v. 38 He will put his owne child to nourisshynge to another woman. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 201 b, She wrought naturally as other mothers doth to his nourysshynge & conseruacyon. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 213 The people about Sidon are greatly giuen to the nourishing of cattell. 1680Filmer Patriarcha ii. §4 A law..acquitted the son from nourishing of his father. 1765Dickson Agric. 30 The nourishing of plants by water, is an evidence that salt and oil are parts of their food. 1855Pusey Doctr. Real Pres. Note Q 260 The earliest Fathers..speak also of the natural power of nourishing, as still existing in the consecrated elements.
†2. That which nourishes; nourishment, nutriment. Obs.
c1290St. Michael 740 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 320 Ase it were a-manere lijf þat sent norischingue To þe limes. c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. pr. xi. (1868) 97 They drawen alle hyr norysshynges by hyr rootes. c1450De Imitatione iii. xxx. 100 Lo! mete, drinke, cloþe... Graunte me to use suche norisshinges temperatly. 1541Elyot Cast. Helthe 16 Biefe of Englande to Englysshemen, whiche are in helth, bringeth stronge nouryshynge. a1623R. Hill Pathw. Piety I. 190 But so much of each as may give nourishing and cheering to my body.
▪ II. nourishing, ppl. a.|ˈnʌrɪʃɪŋ|
[f. nourish v.]
That nourishes, in senses of the verb; giving or affording nourishment.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxix. (Bodl. MS.), In fatte londe & wele dunged growiþ fatte whete..& is more norisschinge þan is þe whete þt growiþ in lene londe. a1450Fysshynge w. Angle (1883) 2 He must..ete norysching metes & defyabul. 1541Copland Guydon's Quest. G iij, A pyt wherin the nourysshynge blode commynge fro the liuer is dygered. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 369 A good house-keeper, and charitable nourishing man. 1668Steele Husbandm. Calling viii. (1672) 219 Covetousness is the nourishing root of all evil. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 251 The grass more strengthening and nourishing for the cattle. 1793Beddoes Calculus, etc. 248 Oils, fat, sugar, alcohol, and other substances, which have a great affinity to oxygene, are very nourishing. 1861F. Nightingale Nursing (ed. 2) 52 The nourishing power of milk..is very much undervalued.
Hence ˈnourishingly adv.
1891Meredith One of our Conq. III. viii. 158 His flattery of his girl..restored her broken feeling of personal value; it permeated her nourishingly. |