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Bees on tops of lilies feed, 
And creep within their bells to suck the balmy seed. 
Dri/den. 
To draw or drain.—I can suck melancholy out of a song, 
as a weazel suc/cs eggs. Shakspeare. 
To SUCK, v. n. To draw by removing the air.—Con¬ 
tinual repairs, the least defects in sucking pumps are con. 
stantly requiring. Mortimer. —To draw the breast.—Such 
as are nourished with milk find the paps, and suck at them; 
whereas none of those that are not designed for that nourish¬ 
ment ever offer to suck, llay. —To draw; imbibe.—The 
crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like 
to draw less. Bacon. 
SUCK, s. The act of sucking.—I hoped, from the de¬ 
scent of the quicksilver in the tube, upon the first suck, that 
I should be able to give a nearer guess at the proportion of 
force betwixt the pressure of the air and the gravity of quick¬ 
silver. Boyle. — ; Milk given by females.—They draw with 
their suck the disposition of nurses. Spenser.—[Succus, 
Lat] Juice. Not in use. —Take the sucke or juice of a 
radish root, and anoint your hands with it. Ward. 
SUCK, a river of Ireland, which runs into the Shannon ; 
about 6 miles south-east from Balinasloe, separating the 
counties of Galway and Roscommon during a course of 30 
miles. 
SUCK CREEK, a river of the United States, in Tennessee, 
which runs into the Tennessee, at the Whirl. 
SUCKASUNNY, a pleasant village of the United States, 
in Morris county, New Jersey, containing a Presbyterian 
meeting-house. 
SUCKER, s. [ succur , French.] Any thing that draws. 
■—The embolus of a pump.—Oil must be poured into the 
cylinder, that the sucker may slip up and down in it more 
smoothly. Boyle.-—A. round piece of leather, laid wet on a 
stone, and drawn up in the middle, there being no air within, 
is pressed by the circumambient atmosphere down to the stone. 
—One of the round leathers wherewith boys play, called 
suckers, not above an inch and half diameter, being well 
soaked in water, will stick and pluck a stone of twelve pounds 
up from the ground. Grew. —A pipe through which any 
thing is sucked. 
Mariners aye ply the pump. 
So they, but chearful, unfatigu’d, still move 
The draining sucker. Philips. 
A young twig shooting from the stock. This word was 
perhaps originally surcle. [surculus, Latin.] The cutting 
away of suckers at the root and body doth make trees grow 
high. Bacon. 
SU'CKET, s. A sweetmeat, to be dissolved in the mouth. 
—•Here are suckets and sweet dishes. Beaum. and PI. 
SU'CKINGBOTTLE, s. A bottle which to children 
supplies the want of a pap.—He that will say, children join 
these general abstract speculations with their suckingbottles, 
has more zeal for his opinion, but less sincerity. Locke. 
To SU'CKLE, v. a. To nurse at the breast. 
The breast of Hecuba, 
When she did suckle Hector, look’d not lovelier. 
Shakspeare. 
She nurses me up and suckles me. L'Estrange. —Two 
thriving calves she suckles twice a-day. Dryden. —-The 
Roman soldiers bare on their helmets the first history of 
Romulus, who was begot by the god of war, and suckled by 
a wolf. Addison. 
SU'CKLE, s. A teat; a dug.—The body of this fish 
[the mannatee or cowfish] is three yards long, and one 
broad, thick-skinn’d, without scales, narrow towards the 
tail which is nervous, slow in swimming, wanting fins; in 
place whereof, she is aided with two paps, which are not only 
suckles, but serve for stilts to creep ashore upon. Sir T. 
Herbert. 
SUCKLEY, a parish of England, in Worcestershire; 10 
miles west-south-west of Worcester. Population 555. 
Vol. XXIII. No. 1599. 
SU'CKLING, s. A young creature yet fed by the teat. 
I provide a suckling. 
That ne’er had nourishment but from the teat. Dryden. 
Young animals participate of the nature of their tender 
aliment, as sucklings of milk. Arbuthnot. 
SUCKLING (Sir John), an English poet, was born at 
Witham, Essex, in 1613, and is said to have possessed such 
natural talents, that he spoke Latin at the age of five years, 
and wrote it at nine. He chiefly devoted himself to music 
and poetry. Having finished his studies at home, he tra¬ 
velled abroad for farther improvement, and made a cam¬ 
paign under Gustavus Adolphus, in which he is said to have 
been present at five sieges, three battles, and some skirmishes. 
Upon his return to England, he appeared the accomplished 
gentleman and courtier, and excited admiration by his 
sprightliness and gallantry. Associating with wits and poets, 
he composed some dramatic pieces for the amusement of the 
court: and such was his prodigality, that when he brought 
his tragedy of “ Aglaura,” on the stage, he expended four 
or five hundred pounds. Whilst he drew attention in the 
gay period of that reign by his poetical effusions and courtly 
manners, he affected to be indifferent to literary fame. 
When the troubles of this reign began, he evinced his loyalty 
by raising a troop of horse at the expense of 12 , 000 /., and 
placing himself at their head. On this occasion he incurred 
a disgrace which was trumpeted in ballads and squibs by his 
brother poets, and which is supposed to have hastened his 
death in 1641, when he had arrived only at the 28th year 
of his age. Suckling has no claim to distinction among the 
British poets; though, if he had bestowed greater care and 
correctness on some of his songs and ballads, they might 
have served as models of that class of compositions. His 
“ Wedding Ballad” has always been popular ; and the fancy 
and wit that sparkle in some of his amatory pieces attract 
notice. His plays, which are four in number, have long dis¬ 
appeared from the stage. His collected works, in prose and 
verse, have passed through several editions: the last appeared 
in 1774, 2vols. 12mo. Life of Suckling, prefixed to his 
Works. 
SUCKLING, Cape, a cape on the west coast of North 
Afnerica. Lat. 60. l.N. long. 216. 19. E. 
SUCTASGUR, a town and fortress of Hindostan, pro¬ 
vince of Allahabad. The fortifications were formerly of 
considerable extent, and defended the passes into the western 
hills. They were erected nearly 500 years ago ; but are 
now quite neglected. This place is the capital of a small 
district of the same name, which is now included in the col- 
lectorship of Benares. It is situated 14 miles south of the 
fortress of Chunar. 
SU'CTION, s. [ succion, Fr.] The act of sucking.— 
Sounds exteriour and interiour may be made by suction, 
as by emission of the breath. Bacon .—Though the 
valve were not above an inch and a half in diameter, 
yet the weight kept up by suction, or supported by the air, 
and what was cast out of it weighed ten pounds. Boyle. 
—Cornelius regulated the suction of his child, Ar¬ 
buthnot. 
SUCUBITI, a river of South America, in the province of 
Darien, which enters the Chucunaqui. 
SUCUR1U, a river of Brazil, in the province of Cuiaba, 
which enters the Pardo, a tributary of the Parana. There is 
auotlier river of this name, mentioned by Mr. Mawe, which 
falls directly into the Parana, with a mouth fifty fathoms 
wide. 
SUCURY, a small river of Brazil, in the province of 
Cuiaba, which falls into the Tiete, a tributary of the Parana. 
SUCUT, a town of Hidostan, province of Lahore, inter¬ 
sected by the Beyah river, belonging to the Seiks. Lat. 32. 
41. N. long. 75. 45. E. 
SUCZAVA, an ancient town of Austrian Galicia, in the 
Bukowine, at the confluence of the rivers Suczava and 
Sereth. It is situated beyond the southern boundary of 
Poland, is surrounded with a wall and ditch, and contains 
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