give suck

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Suckle, suk′l, v.t. to give suck to: to nurse at the breast.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

"Mothers, after they are divorced, shall give suck unto their children two full years, and the father shall be obliged to maintain them and clothe them according to that which is reasonable."

From The Faith of Islam by Sell, Edward

We have an example of this obscurity in the fourth chapter of the book of Lamentations, where it is said that "even the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones."

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael

"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