give suck

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The teats of female animals, when they give suck, become rigid and erected, in the same manner as in the last article, from the pleasurable sensation of the love of the mother to her offspring.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

"The Muse gave birth to Collins," says Swinburne; "she did but give suck to Gray."

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

The mother is enjoined by the law to give suck to her child two full years, unless she have her husband's consent to shorten the period, or to employ another nurse.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

"The muse gave birth to Collins, she did but give suck to Gray."

From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by Mair, G. H. (George Herbert)

But woe is then to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days.

From The first New Testament printed in English by