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dry-nurse

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

Wiktionary
dry-nurse

n. A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed

WordNet
dry-nurse

v. take care of an infant without breastfeeding it