Definição e significado de suckling

SuckleSuc"kle (?), n. A teat. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

SuckleSuc"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.

SuckleSuc"kle, v. i. To nurse; to suck. [R.]

SucklingSuck"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.