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Li"chi` (l"ch`), n. (Bot.) See Litchi.

Lich"wale` (lch"wl`), n. (Bot.) The gromwell.

Lich"wort` (-wûrt`), n. (Bot.) An herb, the wall pellitory. See Pellitory.

Lic"it (ls"t), a. [L. licitus permitted, lawful, from licere: cf. F. licite. See License.] Lawful. "Licit establishments." Carlyle. -- Lic"it*ly, adv. -- Lic"it*ness, n.

Lic`i*ta"tion (ls`*t"shn), n. [L. licitatio, fr. licitari, liceri, to bid, offer a price.] The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder. [R.]

Lick (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. lägga 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.

Lick"er (lk"r), n. [Cf. Lecher.] One who, or that which, licks.

Licker in (Carding Machine), the drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.

Lick"er*ish, a. [Cf. Lecherous.] 1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton." Bp. Hall.

2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. "Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute." Milton.

3. Lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne.

-- Lick"er*ish*ly, adv. -- Lick"er*ish*ness, n.

Lick"er*ous (-s), a. Lickerish; eager; lustful. [Obs.]

-- Lick"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lick"ing, n. 1. A lapping with the tongue.

2. A flogging or castigation. [Colloq. or Low]

Lick"pen`ny (-pn`n), n. A devourer or absorber of money. "Law is a lickpenny." Sir W. Scott.

Lick"-spig`ot (-spg`t), n. A tapster. [Obs.]

Lick"-spit`tle (-spt`t'l), n. An abject flatterer or parasite. Theodore Hook.