In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SUCKLE
breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
(verb) give suck to; “The wetnurse suckled the infant”; “You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places”
suckle
(verb) suck milk from the mother’s breasts; “the infant was suckling happily”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
suckle (plural suckles)
(obsolete) A teat.
Verb
suckle (third-person singular simple present suckles, present participle suckling, simple past and past participle suckled)
(transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
(intransitive) To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.
(transitive) To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).
Anagrams
• Leucks, Luckes, Luecks
Source: Wiktionary
Suc"kle, n.
Definition: A teat. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Suc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Suckling.] Etym: [Freq. of suck.]
Definition: 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.
Suc"kle, v. i.
Definition: To nurse; to suck. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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