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A teat.

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  1. n. A teat.
  2. v. t. To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
  3. v. i. To nurse; to suck.
  4. v. suck milk from the mother's breasts
  5. v. give suck to
  6. A teat. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert. 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. To nurse; to suck. [R.]
  7. A teat. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
  8. v:100 v. suck milk from the mother's breasts