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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lap; to take in with the tongue; <as>as, a dog or cat <ex>licks</ex> milk</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>To lick the dust</col>, <cd>to be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall <i>lick the dust<i>." <i>Ps. lxxii. 9</i>.</cd> -- <col>To lick into shape</col>, <cd>to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. <i>Hudibras</i>.</cd> -- <col>To lick the spittle of</col>, <cd>to fawn upon.</cd> <i>South</i>. -- <col>To lick up</col>, <cd>to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely.</cd> <i>Shak</i>. <i>Num. xxii. 4</i>.</cs>

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<hw>Lick</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lick</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A stroke of the tongue in licking.</def> "A <i>lick</i> at the honey pot."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; <as>as, to put on colors with a <ex>lick</ex> of the brush</as>. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>lick</b> of court white wash. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> <-- = salt lick -->

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<hw>Lick</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OSw. <ets>l\'84gga</ets> to place, strike, prick.]</ety> <def>To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or Low]</mark><-- to defeat in a contest? -->

<i>Carlyle. Thackeray.</i>

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<hw>Lick</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A slap; a quick stroke.</def><mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "A <i>lick</i> across the face."

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Lick"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lecher</er>.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, licks.</def>

<cs><col>Licker in</col> <fld>(Carding Machine)</fld>, <cd>the drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Lick"er*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lecherous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.</def> "The <i>lickerish</i> palate of the glutton."

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tempting the appetite; dainty.</def> "<i>Lickerish</i> baits, fit to insnare a brute."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>lecherous; lustful.</def>

<i>Robert of Brunne.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lick"er*ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Lick"er*ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Lick"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lickerish; eager; lustful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>