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(lk), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Licked (lkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Licking.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likkn, D. likken, OHG. lecchn, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laign, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei°chein , Skr. lih, rih. 121. Cf. Lecher, Relish.] 1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. Addison. 2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. Shak. To lick the dust, to be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall lick the dust." Ps. lxxii. 9. To lick into shape, to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. Hudibras. To lick the spittle of, to fawn upon. South. To lick up, to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely. Shak. Num. xxii. 4. Lick n.[See Lick, v.] 1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. "A lick at the honey pot." Dryden. 2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. [Colloq.] A lick of court whitewash. Gray. 3. A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. [U. S.] Lick v. t.[Cf. OSw. lgga to place, strike, prick.] To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low] Carlyle. Thackeray. Lick n.A slap; a quick stroke.[Colloq.] "A lick across the face." Dryden. スポンサード リンク
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