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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
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