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• Suckling (disambiguation) — Suckling is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from a woman s breasts.Suckling may also refer to:* Mount Suckling, the highest peak of the Goropu Mountains * The Suckling , a 1989 horror filmPeople with the surname… …   Wikipedia

• SUCKLING (J.) — SUCKLING JOHN (1609 1642) Poète, cavalier, dramaturge et courtisan, célèbre surtout pour ses poèmes lyriques, Suckling était gentilhomme de la chambre de Charles Ier d’Angleterre et ami de Thomas Carew, de Richard Lovelace et de sir William… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Suckling —   [ sʌklɪȖ], Sir (seit 1630) John, englischer Dichter und Dramatiker, getauft Whitton (heute zu London) 10. 2. 1609, ✝ Paris 1642; aus wohlhabender Familie, studierte in Cambridge; später im Hofdienst, floh 1641 aus politischen Gründen nach Paris …   Universal-Lexikon

• Suckling — Suck ling, n. [OE. sokeling. See {Suck}, v. t.] 1. A young child or animal nursed at the breast. [1913 Webster] 2. A small kind of yellow clover ({Trifolium filiforme}) common in Southern Europe. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Suckling — Suckling, John, geb. 1613; war Anhänger Karls I. im Bürgerkriege u. st. 1641; er schr. einige Dramen, Lieder, Sonette u. vermischte Gedichte gesammelt, Lond. 1646 …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• suckling pig — suckling ,pig noun count a young pig that still drinks milk from its mother, and is sometimes cooked as a special meal …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• suckling — mid 15c., an infant at the breast, from SUCK (Cf. suck) + dim. suffix ling. Cf. M.Du. sogeling, Du. zuigeling, Ger. Säugling. Meaning act of breast feeding is attested from 1799 …   Etymology dictionary

• suckling — ► NOUN ▪ an unweaned child or animal …   English terms dictionary

• Suckling — [suk′liŋ] Sir John 1609 42; Eng. poet …   English World dictionary

• suckling — [suk′liŋ] n. [ME sokelynge: see SUCK & LING1] an unweaned child or young animal …   English World dictionary

• Suckling pig — For the most familiar species, see domestic pig. A suckling pig prior to being roasted for consumption at an American tailgate party A suckling pig (or sucking pig[1]) is a piglet fed on its mother s milk (i.e., a piglet which is still a suckling …   Wikipedia