suckle [
'sʌkl]
suckle
Suckle \Suc"kle\, n.
A teat. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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.
Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. i.
To nurse; to suck. [R.]
- They sculpted cows so motherly that young calves came up to suckle the statues.