sucklingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsʌklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsəklɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English suklinge, sukkelyng, Middle English–1500s sokelyng(e, 1500s suc(k)lynge, -elynge, 1600s sucklin, 1500s– suckling.

Etymology: < suck v. + -ling suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch sôgeling (Dutch zuigeling, West Flemish zoogeling), Middle High German sôgelinc, sûgelinc (German säugling).

a. An infant that is at the breast or is unweaned.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > suckling

suckingc975

suckerc1384

suckerelc1440

sucklingc1440

pap-hawk?a1475

milksopa1500

nursling1605

teatling1631

nursery1642

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 463/1 Sokelynge, or he þat sokythe, sububer.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms viii. 2 Out of the mouth of the very babes & sucklinges thou hast ordened prayse.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8 The place, that in infantes, and late borne sucklynges, is so soft, and tender.

1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 425 A louing mother, though her young suckling cry all night,..when she ariseth, she loueth it neuerthelesse.

1845 W. Wordsworth Young England 14 Let Babes and Sucklings be thy oracles.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 129 In this country at any rate, rickets is practically unknown amongst sucklings.

b. A young animal that is suckled; esp. a sucking calf; cf. suckler n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal > that is suckled

suckling1530

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] > suckling

suckler1473

suckling1530

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/1 Sokelyng a yong calfe.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 43^v Here next to my house, are my Sucklings, that are brought to their dammes to sucke thrise a day.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. viii. 58 Calves are either Sucklings or Wainlings.

1693 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xi. 223 The tendrest Kid And Fattest of my Flock, a suckling yet.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments iv. 41 When an Animal that gives Suck turns feverish,..the Milk turns..to Yellow; to which the Suckling has an Aversion.

1821 Ld. Byron Cain ii. ii, in Sardanapalus 400 I lately saw A lamb stung by a reptile: the poor suckling Lay foaming on the earth.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 442 Half the dogs pupped there are supposed to die of it while sucklings.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

1806 H. K. White Let. 18 Aug. in Remains (1807) I. 245 This island, and its little suckling the isle of Wight.

2. = sucker n. 4 dialect. Cf. suckler n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > sucker or side-shoot

scourgea1382

by-sprouting1562

sucker1577

lateral1578

offset1642

spiney1649

side shoot1658

appendix1664

by-shoot1669

water sprout1688

turion1725

tiller1733

surculus1775

suckler1796

suckling1798

offshoot1814

stool1818

base shoot1835

side-tiller1903

toe1952

1798 Trans. Soc. Arts 16 345 The sucklings of my old trees transplanted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sucklingn.²

Brit.

/ˈsʌklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsəklɪŋ/

Forms: Also Middle English suklynge, Middle English–1500s sokelyng(e.

Etymology: apparently < suckle n.¹

1. Clover. (Also lamb-sucklings.) dialect †Also glossing Latin locusta. = honeysuckle n. 1, 2; suckle n.¹ a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > clover or trefoil

white clovereOE

cloverc1000

hare-foota1300

clerewort?a1400

clover-grassa1400

three-leaved grass14..

trefoilc1400

sucklingc1440

four-leaved grassc1450

trefle1510

Trifolium?1541

trinity grass1545

Dutch1548

lote1548

hare's-foot1562

lotus1562

triple grass1562

blain-grass1570

meadow trefoil1578

purple grass1597

purplewort1597

satin flower1597

cithyse1620

true-love grass?a1629

garden balsam1633

hop-clover1679

Burgundian hay1712

strawberry trefoil1731

honeysuckle trefoil1735

red clover1764

buffalo-clover1767

marl-grass1776

purple trefoil1785

white trefoil1785

yellow trefoil1785

sulla1787

cow-grass1789

strawberry-bearing trefoil1796

zigzag trefoil1796

rabbit's foot1817

lotus grass1820

strawberry-headed trefoil1822

mountain liquorice1836

hop-trefoil1855

clustered clover1858

alsike1881

mountain clover1882

knop1897

Swedish clover1908

sub clover1920

four-leaf clover1927

suckle-

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > clover

cloverc1000

honeysucklea1300

clover-grassa1400

three-leaved grass14..

sucklingc1440

white honeysuckle1657

suckle1709

serradilla1846

honeysuck1854

ladino clover1924

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 463/1 Sokelynge, herbe (or suklynge), locusta.

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 270 As we with swete bredys have it [sc. the passover lamb] ete And also with the byttyr Sokelyng. [Cf. Exodus xii. 8.]

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/1 Sokelyng an herbe.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Extracts from Common Place Bks. in Wks. (1835) IV. 379 The flowers of sorrel are reddish,..of sweet trefoil or suckling three-leaved grass, red or white.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 123 The white or Dutch clover... Probably from the apparent advantage which sheep receive from this admirable grass, is it called lamb's sucklings.

1798 Hull Advertiser 24 Mar. 2/1 Clover seed, trefoil, sainfoin, red suckling.

1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Suckling..(2) The common purple clover. In Suffolk, however, the red clover is never called suckling, but that term is generally used for the white or Dutch clover.

1898 H. R. Haggard Farmer's Year (1899) 61 The suckling is already thick in the grass, making patches of green carpeting.

1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. (ed. 2) Sucklin(g),..white and red clover.

1999 R. Malster Mardler's Compan. Suckling, white clover (Trifolia repens), a grassland weed that also grows on newly made paths and on the roadside.

2. = honeysuckle n. 3 ( Lonicera perichymenum). Obsolete exc. dialect.

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

1653 H. Lawes Ayres & Dial. ii. 16 The wanton Suckling and the Vine.

1664 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 208 To smell the sucklins and the stocks and to see the new trees grow.

1687 R. Ferrier Jrnl. 32 in Camden Misc. (1895) IX Fine walks covered overhead..with roses & sucklings.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 408 Sucklin,..the honey-suckle.

1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. (ed. 2) Sucklin(g), honeysuckle.

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sucklingn.²

Brit.

/ˈsʌklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsəklɪŋ/

Etymology: < suckle v. + -ing suffix¹.

Thesaurus »

a. The feeding of infants at the breast.

b. The rearing of young calves, etc. in suckling-houses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > rearing of calves

suckling1799

vealing1847

1799 J. Banister Synopsis Husbandry 364 In suckling..the charges are much heavier than when the milk is sold out of the pail.

1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 64 The processes connected with reproduction and suckling.

1892 J. Carmichael Disease in Children 288 Irregular Suckling is a fruitful cause of illness in the infant.

c. transferred (see quot. 1855).

ΚΠ

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 153 The Lancashire exhibitors..leave but very few [gooseberries] on each bush, and increase the size of those..by a process called ‘suckling’, i.e., placing a pan of water under each berry, that it may swell from the vapour given out.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

suckling time n.

ΚΠ

1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 127 She took me like a child of suckling time, And cradled me in roses.

C2.

suckling assistant n. a device for relieving nursing mothers when suffering from sore nipples.

ΚΠ

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 353 Relfe's suckling assistant.

† suckling box n. Obsolete ? a feeding-bottle of wood.

ΚΠ

1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 97 Milk in a warm breast is more effectual nourishment, than milk in a cold suckling box.

suckling-house n. a house or hut in which young calves or lambs are brought up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > animal house > suckling-house

suckling-house1775

1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 29 Oct. (1778) The Suckler..drove one of the cows out of the suckling-house into the yard.

† suckling meats n. Obsolete food suitable for infants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > invalid or infants food

milkeOE

pap1286

pap-meat1440

kitchen physic1566

mammaday1593

suckling meatsc1610

embamma1623

kitchen medicine1684

pappy1807

pobs1824

baby food1832

pobbies1848

c1610–15 Life St. Margaret in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 111 Then had she nyne poore infants..whome she fedd on her knees, with tender and suckling meates agreeable for their infancie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sucklingadj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsəklɪŋ/

Etymology: < suckle v. + -ing suffix².

a. Giving suck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > giving suck

suckling1797

breastfeeding1909

1797 M. Underwood Treat. Disorders Childhood I. 306 A peculiar objection to inoculating infants at the breast, which arises from their necessarily lying so much on the arm of the suckling mother.

b. Rearing young calves, etc. in suckling-houses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [adjective] > rearing calves

suckling1805

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 979 The calf-suckling farmer.

1807 T. A. Abdy in A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex II. xiii. 278 In the dairy farms the calves are generally sold at a week old, to the suckling farmer.

a. = sucking adj. 1, 2.In earlier quots. possibly attributive use of suckling n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > suckling

unspaned?a1513

unweaned1581

suckling1688

the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > young > suckling

sucking1382

suckling1830

1688 London Gaz. No. 2357/4 Lost..a black and white suckling Spaniel Bitch.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 404 Most of the Diseases of suckling Infants proceed from Milk growing sour and curdling in the Stomach.

1830 W. Scott Ivanhoe (new ed.) II. ix. 164 Though thou art not so tender as a suckling pig.

1835 W. Wordsworth While Poring Antiquarians in Sonn. The Wolf, whose suckling Twins [etc.].

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 163 Milk, the natural food of the suckling animal.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1866 A. C. Swinburne Laus Veneris lxxix O breast whereat some suckling sorrow clings.

1882 E. Coues Biogen (1884) 43 Some German metaphysicians and their suckling converts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹c1440

n.²c1440

adj.1688

单词	suckling
释义	sucklingn.¹ Brit. /ˈsʌklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəklɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English suklinge, sukkelyng, Middle English–1500s sokelyng(e, 1500s suc(k)lynge, -elynge, 1600s sucklin, 1500s– suckling. Etymology: < suck v. + -ling suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch sôgeling (Dutch zuigeling, West Flemish zoogeling), Middle High German sôgelinc, sûgelinc (German säugling). 1. a. An infant that is at the breast or is unweaned. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > suckling suckingc975 suckerc1384 suckerelc1440 sucklingc1440 pap-hawk?a1475 milksopa1500 nursling1605 teatling1631 nursery1642 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 463/1 Sokelynge, or he þat sokythe, sububer. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms viii. 2 Out of the mouth of the very babes & sucklinges thou hast ordened prayse. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8 The place, that in infantes, and late borne sucklynges, is so soft, and tender. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 425 A louing mother, though her young suckling cry all night,..when she ariseth, she loueth it neuerthelesse. 1845 W. Wordsworth Young England 14 Let Babes and Sucklings be thy oracles. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 129 In this country at any rate, rickets is practically unknown amongst sucklings. b. A young animal that is suckled; esp. a sucking calf; cf. suckler n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal > that is suckled suckling1530 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] > suckling suckler1473 suckling1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/1 Sokelyng a yong calfe. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 43^v Here next to my house, are my Sucklings, that are brought to their dammes to sucke thrise a day. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. viii. 58 Calves are either Sucklings or Wainlings. 1693 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xi. 223 The tendrest Kid And Fattest of my Flock, a suckling yet. 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments iv. 41 When an Animal that gives Suck turns feverish,..the Milk turns..to Yellow; to which the Suckling has an Aversion. 1821 Ld. Byron Cain ii. ii, in Sardanapalus 400 I lately saw A lamb stung by a reptile: the poor suckling Lay foaming on the earth. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 442 Half the dogs pupped there are supposed to die of it while sucklings. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1806 H. K. White Let. 18 Aug. in Remains (1807) I. 245 This island, and its little suckling the isle of Wight. 2. = sucker n. 4 dialect. Cf. suckler n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > sucker or side-shoot scourgea1382 by-sprouting1562 sucker1577 lateral1578 offset1642 spiney1649 side shoot1658 appendix1664 by-shoot1669 water sprout1688 turion1725 tiller1733 surculus1775 suckler1796 suckling1798 offshoot1814 stool1818 base shoot1835 side-tiller1903 toe1952 1798 Trans. Soc. Arts 16 345 The sucklings of my old trees transplanted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sucklingn.² Brit. /ˈsʌklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəklɪŋ/ Forms: Also Middle English suklynge, Middle English–1500s sokelyng(e. Etymology: apparently < suckle n.¹ 1. Clover. (Also lamb-sucklings.) dialect †Also glossing Latin locusta. = honeysuckle n. 1, 2; suckle n.¹ a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > clover or trefoil white clovereOE cloverc1000 hare-foota1300 clerewort?a1400 clover-grassa1400 three-leaved grass14.. trefoilc1400 sucklingc1440 four-leaved grassc1450 trefle1510 Trifolium?1541 trinity grass1545 Dutch1548 lote1548 hare's-foot1562 lotus1562 triple grass1562 blain-grass1570 meadow trefoil1578 purple grass1597 purplewort1597 satin flower1597 cithyse1620 true-love grass?a1629 garden balsam1633 hop-clover1679 Burgundian hay1712 strawberry trefoil1731 honeysuckle trefoil1735 red clover1764 buffalo-clover1767 marl-grass1776 purple trefoil1785 white trefoil1785 yellow trefoil1785 sulla1787 cow-grass1789 strawberry-bearing trefoil1796 zigzag trefoil1796 rabbit's foot1817 lotus grass1820 strawberry-headed trefoil1822 mountain liquorice1836 hop-trefoil1855 clustered clover1858 alsike1881 mountain clover1882 knop1897 Swedish clover1908 sub clover1920 four-leaf clover1927 suckle- the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > clover cloverc1000 honeysucklea1300 clover-grassa1400 three-leaved grass14.. sucklingc1440 white honeysuckle1657 suckle1709 serradilla1846 honeysuck1854 ladino clover1924 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 463/1 Sokelynge, herbe (or suklynge), locusta. c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 270 As we with swete bredys have it [sc. the passover lamb] ete And also with the byttyr Sokelyng. [Cf. Exodus xii. 8.] 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/1 Sokelyng an herbe. a1682 Sir T. Browne Extracts from Common Place Bks. in Wks. (1835) IV. 379 The flowers of sorrel are reddish,..of sweet trefoil or suckling three-leaved grass, red or white. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 123 The white or Dutch clover... Probably from the apparent advantage which sheep receive from this admirable grass, is it called lamb's sucklings. 1798 Hull Advertiser 24 Mar. 2/1 Clover seed, trefoil, sainfoin, red suckling. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Suckling..(2) The common purple clover. In Suffolk, however, the red clover is never called suckling, but that term is generally used for the white or Dutch clover. 1898 H. R. Haggard Farmer's Year (1899) 61 The suckling is already thick in the grass, making patches of green carpeting. 1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. (ed. 2) Sucklin(g),..white and red clover. 1999 R. Malster Mardler's Compan. Suckling, white clover (Trifolia repens), a grassland weed that also grows on newly made paths and on the roadside. 2. = honeysuckle n. 3 ( Lonicera perichymenum). Obsolete exc. dialect. 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 1653 H. Lawes Ayres & Dial. ii. 16 The wanton Suckling and the Vine. 1664 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 208 To smell the sucklins and the stocks and to see the new trees grow. 1687 R. Ferrier Jrnl. 32 in Camden Misc. (1895) IX Fine walks covered overhead..with roses & sucklings. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 408 Sucklin,..the honey-suckle. 1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. (ed. 2) Sucklin(g), honeysuckle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sucklingn.² Brit. /ˈsʌklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəklɪŋ/ Etymology: < suckle v. + -ing suffix¹. Thesaurus » a. The feeding of infants at the breast. b. The rearing of young calves, etc. in suckling-houses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > rearing of calves suckling1799 vealing1847 1799 J. Banister Synopsis Husbandry 364 In suckling..the charges are much heavier than when the milk is sold out of the pail. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 64 The processes connected with reproduction and suckling. 1892 J. Carmichael Disease in Children 288 Irregular Suckling is a fruitful cause of illness in the infant. c. transferred (see quot. 1855). ΚΠ 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 153 The Lancashire exhibitors..leave but very few [gooseberries] on each bush, and increase the size of those..by a process called ‘suckling’, i.e., placing a pan of water under each berry, that it may swell from the vapour given out. Compounds C1. General attributive. suckling time n. ΚΠ 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 127 She took me like a child of suckling time, And cradled me in roses. C2. suckling assistant n. a device for relieving nursing mothers when suffering from sore nipples. ΚΠ 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 353 Relfe's suckling assistant. † suckling box n. Obsolete ? a feeding-bottle of wood. ΚΠ 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 97 Milk in a warm breast is more effectual nourishment, than milk in a cold suckling box. suckling-house n. a house or hut in which young calves or lambs are brought up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > animal house > suckling-house suckling-house1775 1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 29 Oct. (1778) The Suckler..drove one of the cows out of the suckling-house into the yard. † suckling meats n. Obsolete food suitable for infants. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > invalid or infants food milkeOE pap1286 pap-meat1440 kitchen physic1566 mammaday1593 suckling meatsc1610 embamma1623 kitchen medicine1684 pappy1807 pobs1824 baby food1832 pobbies1848 c1610–15 Life St. Margaret in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 111 Then had she nyne poore infants..whome she fedd on her knees, with tender and suckling meates agreeable for their infancie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sucklingadj. Brit. /ˈsʌklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəklɪŋ/ Etymology: < suckle v. + -ing suffix². 1. a. Giving suck. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > giving suck suckling1797 breastfeeding1909 1797 M. Underwood Treat. Disorders Childhood I. 306 A peculiar objection to inoculating infants at the breast, which arises from their necessarily lying so much on the arm of the suckling mother. b. Rearing young calves, etc. in suckling-houses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [adjective] > rearing calves suckling1805 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 979 The calf-suckling farmer. 1807 T. A. Abdy in A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex II. xiii. 278 In the dairy farms the calves are generally sold at a week old, to the suckling farmer. 2. a. = sucking adj. 1, 2.In earlier quots. possibly attributive use of suckling n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > suckling unspaned?a1513 unweaned1581 suckling1688 the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > young > suckling sucking1382 suckling1830 1688 London Gaz. No. 2357/4 Lost..a black and white suckling Spaniel Bitch. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 404 Most of the Diseases of suckling Infants proceed from Milk growing sour and curdling in the Stomach. 1830 W. Scott Ivanhoe (new ed.) II. ix. 164 Though thou art not so tender as a suckling pig. 1835 W. Wordsworth While Poring Antiquarians in Sonn. The Wolf, whose suckling Twins [etc.]. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 163 Milk, the natural food of the suckling animal. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1866 A. C. Swinburne Laus Veneris lxxix O breast whereat some suckling sorrow clings. 1882 E. Coues Biogen (1884) 43 Some German metaphysicians and their suckling converts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1440n.²c1440n.²c1440adj.1688
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sucklingn.1

sucklingn.2

sucklingn.2

Compounds

sucklingadj.

sucklingn.¹

sucklingn.²

sucklingn.²