单词 | suckle |
释义 | sucklen.1Thesaurus » Categories » a. Clover. Also called †lamb-suckle. b. attributive in †suckle-bloom glossing Latin locusta. = honeysuckle n. 1, 2 Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > honeysuckle or woodbine honeysuckOE goat leafa1275 woodbinea1300 honeysucklea1400 suckle-bloom14.. bindc1440 goat's leaf1526 caprifoil1578 suckling1653 trumpet honeysuckle1731 white honeysuckle1731 dwarf honeysuckle1812 suckle1816 twinflower1836 fly-honeysuckle1861 linnaea1862 lonicera1863 swamp honeysuckle1958 14.. Medical MS. in Anglia XIX. 78 Succle, a good medycyne for þe web in þe eye. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 787 Hec locusta, a sokylblome. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 1018 Medow Trefoile is called..of some Suckles, and Honisuckles. 1709 T. Robinson Vindic. Mosaick Syst. 91 in Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland Honey..which they suck out of the Honey-Flowers, as the Honey-Suckle, Lamb-Suckle, the Clover Flowers. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Suckles is Honeysuckle. c. = honeysuckle n. 3. Also suckle bush. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > honeysuckle or woodbine honeysuckOE goat leafa1275 woodbinea1300 honeysucklea1400 suckle-bloom14.. bindc1440 goat's leaf1526 caprifoil1578 suckling1653 trumpet honeysuckle1731 white honeysuckle1731 dwarf honeysuckle1812 suckle1816 twinflower1836 fly-honeysuckle1861 linnaea1862 lonicera1863 swamp honeysuckle1958 1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini ii. 192 And ivy, and the suckle's streaky light. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Suckle~bush, Lonicera Periclymenum. d. figurative. ΚΠ c1425 Cast. Persev. 976 in Macro Plays 106 Luxuria. With my sokelys of swettnesse, I sytte & I slepe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021). sucklen.2ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > mouth or jaw mandible?a1425 suckle1638 mandibula1704 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 26 The body of this fish [sc. the manatee]..wanting fins, in their place ayded with 2 paps which are not only suckles but stilts to creep a shoare upon. 2. A suckling-house for lambs. local. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-house > suckling-house suckle1805 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 1056 In order to conduct this sort of fattening with..success, a lamb-house or suckle of proper dimensions must be provided. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018). sucklev. 1. a. transitive. To give suck to; to nurse (a child) at the breast. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > give suck to give suckc1330 suckle1408 nurse1645 breastfeed1905 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > suckle feedc950 milkOE nourisha1382 suckle1408 alact1512 elacta1521 nursea1530 suck1607 uberate1623 breastfeed1869 1408 Wyclif's Bible Job iii. 12 (Fairf. 2) Whi was j suklid wiþ tetis? a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 163 Iag. She was a wight... Des. To doe what? Iag. To suckle fooles, and chronicle small Beere. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 43 The brests of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, look'd not louelier Then Hectors forhead. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 11 My Brinded Heifar..Two Thriving Calves she suckles twice a day. a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 70 Some She-Bear..Suckled thee Young. 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 277 If she continues to suckle the child, it is at the peril of her own life. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 49 The misery of the mother's condition rendered her little able to suckle the infant. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 470 A calf is suckled for 10 weeks. 1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor I. iv. 35 An English prince,..suckled by an English nurse. b. figurative. To nourish with, bring up on. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [verb (transitive)] > in or on something fosterc1386 inbreed1610 suckle1654 1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence Ep. Ded. sig. A3v It began in the ninth age, and in the tenth was suckled with little arguments and imperfect pleadings. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 35 The Roots..are till that time in a manner suckled by the Mother Plant. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 138 For me kind Nature..Suckles each herb, and spreads out ev'ry flow'r. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 364 Though suckled at fair freedom's breast. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 122 A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn. 1883 G. Moore Mod. Lover xvii The great artist..is born in the barren womb of failure and suckled on the tears of impotence. 2. To cause to take milk from the breast or udder; to put to suck. Also with up. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > suckle > cause to suck suckle?1523 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxv Put the lambe to her & socle it. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxiii. f. 46v If kiddes bee sockled vp with Ewes Milke. 1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 28 Feb. (1778) Suckling calves after they are ten weeks old, is bad management. 1807 C. Vancouver in A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex II. xiii. 284 A third [purpose] may be added, that of suckling, or feeding calves for the London market. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 131 [The Jews] were forbidden to suckle their children by means of Christian nurses. 3. intransitive. To suck at the breast. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > suck > at breast suckc1000 to suck one's fillc1475 suckle1688 nurse1696 nipple1989 1688 [implied in: London Gaz. No. 2357/4 Lost..a black and white suckling Spaniel Bitch. (at suckling adj. 2a)]. 1823 P. Panam Mem. Young Greek Lady 102 The child who was suckling at my bosom. 1966 P. Scott Jewel in Crown i. 28 Their children, three girls and two boys to date (apart from the one still suckling..) sat on the front benches. 1977 Sci. Amer. Aug. 80/3 Since the evicted joey may continue to suckle for another four months, the female red kangaroo may have three offspring in the ‘pipeline’ at any one time: a dormant blastocyst, a small joey nursing and developing in the pouch and a larger young-at-foot still suckling. Draft additions 1993 b. transitive. = suck v. 9a. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > suck > milk or the breast suckc825 lap1562 milka1616 suckle1971 1951 Nature 8 Sept. 421/1 The terminology we propose is as follows:..Suckling (milking). The activity of the young (or operation of the milking device) with the aim of obtaining milk from the mammary glands.] 1971 Nature 3 Sept. 73/2 A letter..published by you in 1951..must evidently be blamed..since some authors have quoted it as their authority for writing ‘suckle’ when they have meant ‘suck’. 1971 Countryman Autumn 66 They [sc. calves] try to suckle every visitor within reach. 1972 Sci. Amer. Dec. 18/3 It took several hours for them [sc. kittens] to find a nipple to suckle. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxxiii. 383 The breasts he had suckled had drooped and become veined. 1984 N. McClure Century Bk. Pregnancy & Birth 134/2 The baby should be placed on the mother's abdomen and allowed to suckle the breast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.114..n.21638v.1408 |
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