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nag (iou) and Nursery (medicine)


nag (iou)



nag verb. [nag] Infl. -gg-. E19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. ult. of Scandinavian origin or from Low German (cf. Swedish nagga, Norwegian nagge gnaw, nibble, irritate, Low German (g)naggen irritate, provoke).]
a. verb trans. & intrans. Gnaw, nibble, (at). dial. E19.
b. verb intrans. Of a pain etc.: ache dully but persistently. M19.
Sunday Express Those nagging back aches and tense neck muscles.
verb intrans. Find fault, complain, or urge someone, esp. persistently. (Foll. by at.) M19.
verb trans. Annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding, complaining, or urging. M19.
A. Geras I'm sorry if I made your life a misery nagging you about the piano. C. Tomalin Fear of exposure must have nagged and tormented her.
nagger noun L19.
naggingly adverb in a nagging manner M20.
naggingness noun (rare) nagging quality or condition L19.

Nursery (medicine)


nursery


Origin: Cf. F. Nourricerie.

1. The act of nursing. "Her kind nursery."

2. The place where nursing is carried on; as: The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.

A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc, are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.

The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted. "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." "Christian Families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven." (J. M. Mason)

That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.

3. That which is nursed.

Source: Websters Dictionary