n. [ Sp. nutria an otter, fr. L. lutra, lytra. ] The fur of the coypu. See Coypu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. nutricatio, fr. nutricare, nutricari, to suckle, nourish, fr. nutrix a nurse. ] The act or manner of feeding. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. n.
a. [ L. nutriens, p. pr. of nutrire. See Nourish. ] Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. To give nutrients to.
n. [ L. nutrimentum, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Is not virtue in mankind
The nutriment that feeds the mind? Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Nutritious. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. nutrition. See Nutritious. ]
☞ In this wide sense it comprehends digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, etc., in fact all of the steps by which the nutritive matter of the food is fitted for incorporation with the different tissues, and the changes which it undergoes after its assimilation, prior to its excretion. See Metabolism. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fixed like a plant, on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to nutrition;