Among the Hebrews children (whom it was customary for the mothers to nurse, Exodus 2:7-9; 1 Samuel 1:23; Cant. 8:1) were not generally weaned till they were three or four years old.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v.) To gradually transfer a child or other young animal from mother's milk to other nourishment.

2. (a.) Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.

3. (n.) A weanling; a young child.