give suck

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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

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

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

"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)

He saith: “And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days...”

From Gems of Divine Mysteries by Bahá'u'lláh