Definition of lick

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Lick (v.) 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..

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Flick :: Flick (v. t.) To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots..
Slicking :: Slicking (n.) Narrow veins of ore.
Click :: Click (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward..
Click :: Click (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick..
Licking :: Licking (n.) A lapping with the tongue.
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm..
Lambative :: Lambative (n.) A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.
Clicky :: Clicky (a.) Resembling a click; abounding in clicks.
Lickerish :: Lickerish (a.) Lecherous; lustful.
Flittermouse :: Flittermouse (n.) A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse..
Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk..
Click :: Click (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol..
Liquorish :: Liquorish (a.) See Lickerish.
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub..
Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..
Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Click :: Click (v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something..
Flicker :: Flicker (v. i.) To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
Klicket :: Klicket (n.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties..
Unlicked :: Unlicked (a.) Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly. Cf. To lick into shape, under Lick, v..
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