Definition of dry nursing:
(v) :
To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
(n) :
(chiefly historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
(n) :
(nautical, slang, archaic) An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
(v) :
(nautical, slang, archaic) Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.