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Webster 1913 Edition


Suckle

Suc′kle

,
Noun.
A teat.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Herbert.

Suc′kle

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
They are not weak,
suckled
by Wisdom.
Landor.

Suc′kle

,
Verb.
I.
To nurse; to suck.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Suckle

SUCK'LE

,
Noun.
A teat. [Not in use.]

SUCK'LE

,
Verb.
T.
To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. Romulus and Remus are fabled to have been suckled by a wolf.