'dry-nurse' definitions:

Definition of 'dry-nurse'

From: WordNet
verb
Take care of an infant without breastfeeding it

Definition of 'dry-nurse'

From: GCIDE
  • Drynurse \Dry"nurse`\, dry-nurse \dry"-nurse`\, v. t. To feed, attend, and bring up without breastfeeding it. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]