Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Suckering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sucker \Suck"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suckered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Suckering}.]
To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of
suckers; as, to sucker maize.
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