dial. Also -an. [Obscure formation on the root of SUCK v.] Wet, moisture; liquid manure; = SOCK sb.3 2, 2 b. Hence Suckeny a.
1615. W. Lawson, Country Housew. Garden (1626), 7. The sucken of your Dwelling-house, descending into your Orchard (if it be cleanly conueighed) is good. Ibid., 41. The earth that feeds them decaying … must either haue supply of sucken, or else leaue thriuing and growing.
1878. Cumberld. Gloss., Suckan [mispr. Suckam] … Suckeny land, moist land of good quality.
