nouricen.

Brit.

/ˈnʌrɪs/, U.S.

/ˈnərɪs/, Scottish English

/ˈnʌrɪs/

Forms:

α. Middle English nures, Middle English nuress, Middle English nurise, Middle English nurrice, Middle English nuryse, Middle English nurysse, Middle English–1500s nurice; Scottish pre-1700 nureis, pre-1700 nureise, pre-1700 nures, pre-1700 nuris, pre-1700 nurise, pre-1700 nurreis, pre-1700 nurrice, pre-1700 nuryce, pre-1700 nurys, pre-1700 nuryse, pre-1700 nvreis, pre-1700 nvrys, pre-1700 nwreice, pre-1700 nwreis, pre-1700 nwrice, pre-1700 nwryis, pre-1700 nwrys, pre-1700 1700s nurice.

β. Middle English nores, Middle English noresse, Middle English norisse, Middle English norrice, Middle English norys, Middle English noryse, Middle English norysse, Middle English–1500s norice, Middle English–1500s norise, Middle English–1500s noryce; Scottish pre-1700 noreis, pre-1700 noris, pre-1700 noriz, pre-1700 noryce, pre-1700 norys, pre-1700 noryse.

γ. late Middle English nourrisse, late Middle English–1500s nouryce, late Middle English–1600s nourice, 1500s nourise, 1500s nourryce, 1500s nourysse; Scottish pre-1700 nowreis, pre-1700 nowrice, pre-1700 nowris, pre-1700 nowrise, pre-1700 nowrys, pre-1700 1700s– nourice, pre-1700 1800s nouris, pre-1700 1800s nourrice, 1700s nooriss, 1700s–1800s noorise, 1800s nouriss, 1800s nourris; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form late Middle English nourysse.

δ. Scottish (north-eastern) 1800s neerice, 1800s nires, 1900s– neiris, 1900s– nerice.

See also nourish n., nurse n.¹, and nursh n.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French nurice, nurrice, nouriche.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman nurice, nurrice, norice, norrice, nurysce wet nurse, sick-nurse, nurturer and Old French, Middle French nurrice, norrice, nourice, nourrice, nourrisse, (Picardy) nouriche, noriche wet nurse, nursemaid, also in figurative use (mid 12th cent.; French nourrice ) < post-classical Latin nutricia wet nurse (4th–5th cent.), use as noun of feminine singular of classical Latin nūtrīcius of a nurse (see nutritious adj.). Compare Spanish nodriza (c1250), Old Occitan noirissa (c1150; also noyrissa , nuirissa ;, Occitan noiriça ), Catalan nodrissa (late 13th cent. as nudrissa , nodriça ; compare post-classical Latin nutriza , 1047 in a Catalan source). With sense 1b compare Catalan nodrís (1403 as nudrís), Occitan noiriç.Compare also Spanish nodriz (c1250; 1493 as nudriz), Italian nutrice (a1320; also as notrice, nudrice, nodrice), Middle French nutrice (late 15th cent.), all < classical Latin nūtrix.

Scottish in later use.

a. A woman who takes care of a child; a wet nurse, nursemaid or foster-mother.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun]

nouricec1225

keeper?c1450

nursekeeper1602

nursea1616

Parabolanus1673

sister1716

nurse-tendera1743

sick-nurse1816

Nightingale1862

Norlander1944

society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse

nouricec1225

nursea1325

rockera1325

nourish1340

nursha1382

nursery nurse1494

nutrice1529

nurse-girl1596

dry-nursea1616

nursey1760

bonne1771

ayah1782

nanny1785

momma1803

nursery girla1812

mammy1837

nanac1844

day nurse1855

caretaker1858

nursekin1862

Norland1894

nounou1894

nurselet1894

Plunket1909

metapelet1950

α.

c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 541 Þah þu riche beo, & nurice habbe.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 67 Ha makeð hire tunge cader to þe deoueles bearn. & rockeð fulȝeorne ase nurice.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Num. xi. 12 Bere thou hem in thi bosum as a nurise is wont to bere a litil ȝong child.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 216 He tuke ane offrand hym selfe and gaff vnto þer nuress.

c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 47 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 2 He tuk þe child hym til, & gat a nuryse gud in hy.

1515 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 10 Bocht..for my lord duke's nurys, to be hir ane goune.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 146 Eder..be the ingine and the industrie of his nurice was preseruet.

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. vii*. §7 Nurice, from nutrix, quhilk the south calles nurse, not without a falt both in sound and symbol.

1633 Edinb. Test. LVI. f. 172, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nuris Helen Boutron nureis..Issobell Steill nurreis.

1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xxv. 48 Mony a ane kisses the bairn for love of the nurice.

β. a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 21 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 11 Þe norice hire fedde wid wel muchele wune.c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) 61 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 102 He wende to seinte lucies norice.c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 718 (MED) A wel fair child sche hadde him bi; Hit hadde of þre norices keping: Þe ferste ȝaf hit soukeȝing, Þat oþer norice him scholde baþe..Þe þridde norice him sscholde wassche.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 449 Þis Clitus his suster was Alisaundre his norise.c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1347 Dido..bad hire norice and hire sister gon To fechen fyr and other thyng anon.a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 25 (MED) Riȝt so doiþ God wiþ vs as norys wiþ hire child, þat sche mykil loueþ.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 44/2 Thenne they lete her goo and her noryce wyth her.a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) v. iv. f. 91^v Þat blisful lady Marie veari moder and norice of Ihesu.1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. xxv. 40 b Their noryces shall perceyve what dygesteth welle.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 196 By meane of a false Norice, he was stollen out of his Cradell.γ. c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 40 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 482 Na one fryday bot anys wald he þe nowrys suk.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 251/2 One named Concordia Nouryce of Ypolyte answerd for them alle.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 577/2 She is worthy to be a nouryce, she can handell a chylde dayntely.1564 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) 119 My nowris haueand the barne on hyr kne.1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxiii. f. 47^v The sendyng awaie of the childe to an other Nourice, is not muche inferiour to the forgetfulnesse that chaunceth, when death doeth take it awaie.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. xlviii. 120 To enquire of her nourice the truth of this matter.1638 Househ. Bk. M. Stewart 25 To ane off the nourices.a1818 Queen of Elfan's Nourice in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 359 O keep my bairn, nourice.1852 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1 86 An eartly nourris sits and sings.1892 G. Stewart Shetland Fireside Tales (ed. 2) 241 But nae milk had the nourice ta gie.δ. 1828–9 Lamkin in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. 335 O far's the laird o this place? O neerice, tell me.1925 G. Greig & A. Keith Last Leaves 72 ‘O still my bairn, nerice’ she said.

†b. A man who takes care of a child; a foster-father, a tutor. Cf. nourish n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > foster-father

foster-fathera800

nouricea1393

nurrior1487

nursing father1535

nurse-father1564

nourish-fatherc1598

nourice-father1609

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 1936 (MED) He gan..to drede..if this false Egiste Upon him come..To take and moerdre..This child which he hath to norrice.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 358 (MED) Noryce, or noryschare, and forthe bryngar fro ȝouthe to age: Nutricius.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 87b (MED) A Nurysse: Alumpnus..ffotor..gerulus..educarius, nutricius..refocillator.

c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 85 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 49 Scho..gefine wes to fostir & fede..til a man..&..scho nedit for to kepe fore faut of helpe ilke day schepe of hyre nuryse.

†2. In extended use. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

β.

c1380 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 1 The ministre and the norice vn to vices Which that men clepe in Englissh ydelnesse.

c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 952 Slepyng longe in greet quiete is eek a greet norice to lecherie.

?c1430 (c1400) in F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif (1880) 182 (MED) False confessouris ben þe fendis norisses to norisse mennus soulis in synne & to brynge hem to sathanas.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4813 (MED) Loue is norice of welþe and of gladnesse.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 14698 (MED) My ryhte name ys Flatrye..Cheff noryce off Wykkednesse.

1532 R. Henryson Test. Creseyde in Wks. G. Chaucer sig. Qq.iiii/1 Jupiter..norice to al thynge generable.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlv^v The not deliuery of thesame, should be the norice and continuer of warre and hostilitie.

1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Aij Idlenes norise of vyces.

γ. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. v. sig. i.v ^v Charyte is..moder & nouryce and lyght of these other vertues.1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 60 Gold, which is..The neast of strife, and nourice of debate.1591 E. Spenser Complaints Cambden the nourice of antiquitie, And lanterne vnto late succeeding age.1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xx. viii. 156 But putting aside flatterie, the very nourice of vices, set your mind upon iustice.1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. vi. 201 Agriculture..being the chiefe Nourice of mans life.1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion Pref. sig. A 3^v That most Learned Nourice of Antiquitie..Mr. Camden.α. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 171 in Poems (1981) 116 Iuppiter..nureis to all thing generabill.1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xxv. f. lxxv This carnal concupiscence, the mother and nuris of syn.a1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) i. 221 Noblest natour, nurice to nurtour.1594 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1932) II. 261 Faith..the fosteres and nurice of a blissed marriage.

Compounds

C1.

† nourice-milk n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1603 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 83 Drinking in with their very nouris-milke [c1598 noorishe milke], that their honor stood in committing three points of iniquity.

C2.

† nourice-chamber n. Obsolete rare = nourice house n.

ΚΠ

1321 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 95 (MED) Nuricechaumbre.

† nourice-father n. Obsolete a foster-father; also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > foster-father

foster-fathera800

nouricea1393

nurrior1487

nursing father1535

nurse-father1564

nourish-fatherc1598

nourice-father1609

1609 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 406/1 His heynes has..expressit..his most godlie and religious dispositioun as Nurisfather of the kirk of god.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 397 Kings, whase graittest honour is to be members, nuris-fathers and servants to the Kyng, Chryst Jesus.

nourice fee n. the wages given to a nurse.

ΚΠ

1778 A. Ross Helenore (ed. 2) 70 Then sud she gae frae head to foot in silk; Wi' castings rare and a gueed nourice-fee, To nurse the King of Elfin's heir.

c1805 Jolly Beggar in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1894) V. ix. 111 Four-an-tuenty hunder mark, to pay the nires feea.

1969 G. M. Brown Orkney Tapestry 148 But when six months is come an' gane I'll come an' pay the noris fee.

† nourice house n. Obsolete rare a nursery.

ΚΠ

1380 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/222/13) m. 7 Quedam parua camera le norice-hous.

Derivatives

† nouriceship n. Obsolete the office or position of nurse; the skill of nursing.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse > office or duties of

nouriceship1573

nursery nursing1967

1573 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 378 The said Jonet being now in nurischip bund in service.

1621 Rec. Perth Kirk Session 5 Feb. xx libris wes collectit to put hir to nureischip.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Nouriskap, the place or situation of being a nurse.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 83 ‘What is her connection with the former proprietor's family?’ ‘O, it was something of a nourice-ship, I believe.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nourice
释义	nouricen. Brit. /ˈnʌrɪs/, U.S. /ˈnərɪs/, Scottish English /ˈnʌrɪs/ Forms: α. Middle English nures, Middle English nuress, Middle English nurise, Middle English nurrice, Middle English nuryse, Middle English nurysse, Middle English–1500s nurice; Scottish pre-1700 nureis, pre-1700 nureise, pre-1700 nures, pre-1700 nuris, pre-1700 nurise, pre-1700 nurreis, pre-1700 nurrice, pre-1700 nuryce, pre-1700 nurys, pre-1700 nuryse, pre-1700 nvreis, pre-1700 nvrys, pre-1700 nwreice, pre-1700 nwreis, pre-1700 nwrice, pre-1700 nwryis, pre-1700 nwrys, pre-1700 1700s nurice. β. Middle English nores, Middle English noresse, Middle English norisse, Middle English norrice, Middle English norys, Middle English noryse, Middle English norysse, Middle English–1500s norice, Middle English–1500s norise, Middle English–1500s noryce; Scottish pre-1700 noreis, pre-1700 noris, pre-1700 noriz, pre-1700 noryce, pre-1700 norys, pre-1700 noryse. γ. late Middle English nourrisse, late Middle English–1500s nouryce, late Middle English–1600s nourice, 1500s nourise, 1500s nourryce, 1500s nourysse; Scottish pre-1700 nowreis, pre-1700 nowrice, pre-1700 nowris, pre-1700 nowrise, pre-1700 nowrys, pre-1700 1700s– nourice, pre-1700 1800s nouris, pre-1700 1800s nourrice, 1700s nooriss, 1700s–1800s noorise, 1800s nouriss, 1800s nourris; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form late Middle English nourysse. δ. Scottish (north-eastern) 1800s neerice, 1800s nires, 1900s– neiris, 1900s– nerice. See also nourish n., nurse n.¹, and nursh n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French nurice, nurrice, nouriche. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman nurice, nurrice, norice, norrice, nurysce wet nurse, sick-nurse, nurturer and Old French, Middle French nurrice, norrice, nourice, nourrice, nourrisse, (Picardy) nouriche, noriche wet nurse, nursemaid, also in figurative use (mid 12th cent.; French nourrice ) < post-classical Latin nutricia wet nurse (4th–5th cent.), use as noun of feminine singular of classical Latin nūtrīcius of a nurse (see nutritious adj.). Compare Spanish nodriza (c1250), Old Occitan noirissa (c1150; also noyrissa , nuirissa ;, Occitan noiriça ), Catalan nodrissa (late 13th cent. as nudrissa , nodriça ; compare post-classical Latin nutriza , 1047 in a Catalan source). With sense 1b compare Catalan nodrís (1403 as nudrís), Occitan noiriç.Compare also Spanish nodriz (c1250; 1493 as nudriz), Italian nutrice (a1320; also as notrice, nudrice, nodrice), Middle French nutrice (late 15th cent.), all < classical Latin nūtrix. Scottish in later use. 1. a. A woman who takes care of a child; a wet nurse, nursemaid or foster-mother. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun] nouricec1225 keeper?c1450 nursekeeper1602 nursea1616 Parabolanus1673 sister1716 nurse-tendera1743 sick-nurse1816 Nightingale1862 Norlander1944 society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse nouricec1225 nursea1325 rockera1325 nourish1340 nursha1382 nursery nurse1494 nutrice1529 nurse-girl1596 dry-nursea1616 nursey1760 bonne1771 ayah1782 nanny1785 momma1803 nursery girla1812 mammy1837 nanac1844 day nurse1855 caretaker1858 nursekin1862 Norland1894 nounou1894 nurselet1894 Plunket1909 metapelet1950 α. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 541 Þah þu riche beo, & nurice habbe. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 67 Ha makeð hire tunge cader to þe deoueles bearn. & rockeð fulȝeorne ase nurice. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Num. xi. 12 Bere thou hem in thi bosum as a nurise is wont to bere a litil ȝong child. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 216 He tuke ane offrand hym selfe and gaff vnto þer nuress. c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 47 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 2 He tuk þe child hym til, & gat a nuryse gud in hy. 1515 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 10 Bocht..for my lord duke's nurys, to be hir ane goune. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 146 Eder..be the ingine and the industrie of his nurice was preseruet. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. vii. §7 Nurice, from nutrix, quhilk the south calles nurse, not without a falt both in sound and symbol. 1633 Edinb. Test.* LVI. f. 172, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nuris Helen Boutron nureis..Issobell Steill nurreis. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xxv. 48 Mony a ane kisses the bairn for love of the nurice. β. a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 21 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 11 Þe norice hire fedde wid wel muchele wune.c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) 61 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 102 He wende to seinte lucies norice.c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 718 (MED) A wel fair child sche hadde him bi; Hit hadde of þre norices keping: Þe ferste ȝaf hit soukeȝing, Þat oþer norice him scholde baþe..Þe þridde norice him sscholde wassche.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 449 Þis Clitus his suster was Alisaundre his norise.c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1347 Dido..bad hire norice and hire sister gon To fechen fyr and other thyng anon.a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 25 (MED) Riȝt so doiþ God wiþ vs as norys wiþ hire child, þat sche mykil loueþ.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 44/2 Thenne they lete her goo and her noryce wyth her.a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) v. iv. f. 91^v Þat blisful lady Marie veari moder and norice of Ihesu.1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. xxv. 40 b Their noryces shall perceyve what dygesteth welle.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 196 By meane of a false Norice, he was stollen out of his Cradell.γ. c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 40 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 482 Na one fryday bot anys wald he þe nowrys suk.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 251/2 One named Concordia Nouryce of Ypolyte answerd for them alle.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 577/2 She is worthy to be a nouryce, she can handell a chylde dayntely.1564 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) 119 My nowris haueand the barne on hyr kne.1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxiii. f. 47^v The sendyng awaie of the childe to an other Nourice, is not muche inferiour to the forgetfulnesse that chaunceth, when death doeth take it awaie.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. xlviii. 120 To enquire of her nourice the truth of this matter.1638 Househ. Bk. M. Stewart 25 To ane off the nourices.a1818 Queen of Elfan's Nourice in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 359 O keep my bairn, nourice.1852 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1 86 An eartly nourris sits and sings.1892 G. Stewart Shetland Fireside Tales (ed. 2) 241 But nae milk had the nourice ta gie.δ. 1828–9 Lamkin in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. 335 O far's the laird o this place? O neerice, tell me.1925 G. Greig & A. Keith Last Leaves 72 ‘O still my bairn, nerice’ she said. †b. A man who takes care of a child; a foster-father, a tutor. Cf. nourish n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > foster-father foster-fathera800 nouricea1393 nurrior1487 nursing father1535 nurse-father1564 nourish-fatherc1598 nourice-father1609 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 1936 (MED) He gan..to drede..if this false Egiste Upon him come..To take and moerdre..This child which he hath to norrice. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 358 (MED) Noryce, or noryschare, and forthe bryngar fro ȝouthe to age: Nutricius. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 87b (MED) A Nurysse: Alumpnus..ffotor..gerulus..educarius, nutricius..refocillator. c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 85 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 49 Scho..gefine wes to fostir & fede..til a man..&..scho nedit for to kepe fore faut of helpe ilke day schepe of hyre nuryse. †2. In extended use. Obsolete. ΚΠ β. c1380 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 1 The ministre and the norice vn to vices Which that men clepe in Englissh ydelnesse. c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 952 Slepyng longe in greet quiete is eek a greet norice to lecherie. ?c1430 (c1400) in F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif (1880) 182 (MED) False confessouris ben þe fendis norisses to norisse mennus soulis in synne & to brynge hem to sathanas. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4813 (MED) Loue is norice of welþe and of gladnesse. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 14698 (MED) My ryhte name ys Flatrye..Cheff noryce off Wykkednesse. 1532 R. Henryson Test. Creseyde in Wks. G. Chaucer sig. Qq.iiii/1 Jupiter..norice to al thynge generable. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlv^v The not deliuery of thesame, should be the norice and continuer of warre and hostilitie. 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Aij Idlenes norise of vyces. γ. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. v. sig. i.v ^v Charyte is..moder & nouryce and lyght of these other vertues.1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 60 Gold, which is..The neast of strife, and nourice of debate.1591 E. Spenser Complaints Cambden the nourice of antiquitie, And lanterne vnto late succeeding age.1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xx. viii. 156 But putting aside flatterie, the very nourice of vices, set your mind upon iustice.1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. vi. 201 Agriculture..being the chiefe Nourice of mans life.1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion Pref. sig. A 3^v That most Learned Nourice of Antiquitie..Mr. Camden.α. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 171 in Poems (1981) 116 Iuppiter..nureis to all thing generabill.1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xxv. f. lxxv This carnal concupiscence, the mother and nuris of syn.a1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) i. 221 Noblest natour, nurice to nurtour.1594 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1932) II. 261 Faith..the fosteres and nurice of a blissed marriage. Compounds C1. † nourice-milk n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1603 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 83 Drinking in with their very nouris-milke [c1598 noorishe milke], that their honor stood in committing three points of iniquity. C2. † nourice-chamber n. Obsolete rare = nourice house n. ΚΠ 1321 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 95 (MED) Nuricechaumbre. † nourice-father n. Obsolete a foster-father; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > foster-father foster-fathera800 nouricea1393 nurrior1487 nursing father1535 nurse-father1564 nourish-fatherc1598 nourice-father1609 1609 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 406/1 His heynes has..expressit..his most godlie and religious dispositioun as Nurisfather of the kirk of god. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 397 Kings, whase graittest honour is to be members, nuris-fathers and servants to the Kyng, Chryst Jesus. nourice fee n. the wages given to a nurse. ΚΠ 1778 A. Ross Helenore (ed. 2) 70 Then sud she gae frae head to foot in silk; Wi' castings rare and a gueed nourice-fee, To nurse the King of Elfin's heir. c1805 Jolly Beggar in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1894) V. ix. 111 Four-an-tuenty hunder mark, to pay the nires feea. 1969 G. M. Brown Orkney Tapestry 148 But when six months is come an' gane I'll come an' pay the noris fee. † nourice house n. Obsolete rare a nursery. ΚΠ 1380 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/222/13) m. 7 Quedam parua camera le norice-hous. Derivatives † nouriceship n. Obsolete the office or position of nurse; the skill of nursing. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse > office or duties of nouriceship1573 nursery nursing1967 1573 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 378 The said Jonet being now in nurischip bund in service. 1621 Rec. Perth Kirk Session 5 Feb. xx libris wes collectit to put hir to nureischip. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Nouriskap, the place or situation of being a nurse. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 83 ‘What is her connection with the former proprietor's family?’ ‘O, it was something of a nourice-ship, I believe.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1225
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