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suck⋅ling

  [suhk-ling]
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–noun
an infant or a young animal that is not yet weaned.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see suck, -ling 1
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Suck⋅ling

  [suhk-ling]
–noun
Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.

suck⋅le

  [suhk-uhl] verb, -led, -ling.
–verb (used with object)
1. to nurse at the breast or udder.
2. to nourish or bring up.
3. to put to suck.
–verb (used without object)
4. to suck at the breast or udder.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME sucklen; see suck, -le
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suck·le   (sŭk'əl)   
v.   suck·led, suck·ling, suck·les

v.   tr.

    1. To cause or allow to take milk at the breast or udder; nurse.

    2. To take milk at the breast or udder of.

  2. To take in as sustenance; have as nourishment.

  3. To nourish as if with the milk of the breast; nurture: "a pagan suckled in a creed outworn" (William Wordsworth).

v.   intr.
To suck at the breast or udder.

[Middle English suclen, perhaps from suklinge, suckling; see suckling.]
suck·ling   (sŭk'lĭng)   
n.  A young mammal that has not been weaned.
adj.  Unweaned.

[Middle English suklinge : souken, suken, to suck; see suck + -ling, one that is young; see -ling1.]
Suck·ling   (sŭk'lĭng)   
English poet and courtier whose witty, unaffected works include Session of the Poets and Aglaura (both 1637).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: suck·le
Pronunciation: 's&k-&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: suck·led; suck·ling /-(&-)li[ng]/
1 : to give milk to from the breast or udder suckling her child>
2 : to draw milk from the breast or udderof
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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