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   Nursery (?), n.; pl. Nurseries (#). [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
   1. The act of nursing. [Obs.] “Her kind nursery.”  Shak.
   
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   2. The place where nursing is carried on; as: (a) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children. (b) A place where young of any species, plant or animal, are nourished preparatory to transfer elsewhere; especially a place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees. (c) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted. “Fair Padua, nursery of arts.”  Shak.
   
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   Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven. J. M. Mason.
   
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   (d) That which forms and educates; as, “commerce is the nursery of seamen”.
   
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   3. That which is nursed. [R.]  Milton.
   
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