to lick

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

To beat; also to wash, or to paint slightly over. I'll give you a good lick o' the chops; I'll give you a good stroke or blow on the face. Jack tumbled into a cow t--d, and nastied his best clothes, for which his father stept up, and licked him neatly.--I'll lick you! the dovetail to which is, If you lick me all over, you won't miss--.

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Lick
·noun A slap; a quick stroke. II. Lick ·v A stroke of the tongue in licking. III. Lick ·vt To draw...

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lick
1) A blow. Common in vulgar language both in England and the United States. He turned upon me as ro...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lick
to beat. N. and S. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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In common parlance is a blow. To do anything partially, is to give it a lick and a promise, as in pa...

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Lick-spittle
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cow-lick
A twist, or wreathing in the hair, which, in a calf, might be supposed to have been licked by the co...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
salt-lick
A saline spring, where animals resort for drink. See lick. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
salt lick
(LICK) 1) In America, a place where the beasts of the forest lick for salt at salt springs. Webster...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.