单词 | nurse-tending |
释义 | † nurse-tendingn. Obsolete. The tending or nursing of the sick or infirm. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun] > tending the sick nursing1727 nurse-tending1771 1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton II. 264 I..am therefore inclined to elevate the office of nurse-tending, by placing it amongst our rational pleasures. 1792 Elvina II. 85 Her talents for nurse-tending. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne II. viii. 157 The doctors had time to congregate around his bed; Lady Scatcherd was allowed a period of nurse-tending; the sick man was able to say his last few words. 1888 Quiver May 492/1 All the nurse-tending Annette has done. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1771 |
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