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Definition of Sucken
1. n. The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground.
Definition of Sucken
1. Noun. (obsolete) The duty of a tenant to bring corn etc to a particular mill to be ground; the land so astricted ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sucken
1. grain having to be ground at a certain mill [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sucken
Literary usage of Sucken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Natural History, Or, A Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature by Samuel Maunder (1852)
"It has two sucken, one at the bate of thin narrow portion, which leads to two
branched tubes : behind ..."
2. History of Channelkirk by Archibald Allan (1900)
"... Mills of the Parish and their sucken—Mill of Oxton—Proprietary—Carfrae Mill—Adam
the Mill-knave—Carfrae Mill Inn—Tenants—Area of ..."
3. Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases: Terms and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"To suck, is the dutch sucken, to catch at, to take away, as the infant does the
teat at the mother's breast; to suckle, ..."
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