Definitions from Wiktionary (dry nurse)

▸ noun:  (chiefly historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
▸ noun:  (nautical, slang, archaic) An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
▸ verb:  To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
▸ verb:  (nautical, slang, archaic) Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.



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