Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Suckling"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suckled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Suckling}.] [Freq. of suck.]
To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. --Addison.

The breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector,
looked not lovelier. --Shak.

They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom. --Landor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Suckling \Suck"ling\, n. [OE. sokeling. See {Suck}, v. t.]
1. A young child or animal nursed at the breast.

2. A small kind of yellow clover ({Trifolium filiforme})
common in Southern Europe.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Suckling
n 1: English poet and courtier (1609-1642) [syn: {Suckling}, {Sir
John Suckling}]
2: an infant considered in relation to its nurse [syn: {nursling},
{nurseling}]
3: a young mammal that has not been weaned


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