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† 1. A suckling organ. Obs. rare.
1638. Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (ed. 2), 26. The body of this fish [sc. the manatee] … wanting fins, in their place ayded with 2 paps which are not only suckles but stilts to creep a shoare upon.
2. A suckling-house for lambs. local.
1805. R. W. Dickson, Pract. Agric., II. 1056. In order to conduct this sort of fattening with … success, a lamb-house or suckle of proper dimensions must be provided.
