the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who or that which is nursed; an infant; a child; a fondling.
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n. an infant considered in relation to its nurse
Word Usage
"And with an earnest credulity, which contained the germ of purest faith, she, remembering the mother's dream, called her nursling by the name of Olive."