LICKINGS
Noun
lickings
plural of licking
Anagrams
• sickling, slicking
Source: Wiktionary
LICKING
Lick"ing, n.
1. A lapping with the tongue.
2. A flogging or castigation. [Colloq. or Low]
LICK
Lick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licked; p. pr. & vb. n. Licking.] Etym:
[AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk, D. likken, OHG. lecch, G. lecken,
Goth. bi-laig, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lih, rih. . 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. Etym: [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 white wash. 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. Etym: [Cf. OSw. lägga to place, strike, prick.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: A slap; a quick stroke.[Colloq.] "A lick across the face."
Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition