The action of the pump when the well is nearly dry, or at least so low at the pump-foot as to admit air.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Suck>>. II. Sucking ·adj Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquia...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; — usually associated with cr...
A young chicken. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose