dē-lingo, linxi, ĕre,
v. a., to lick, lick off or up (very rare): cochleare plenum, Cels. 3, 22 fin. : leo puerum delinxit, Lampr. Diad. 5, § 6.—Prov.: salem, i. e. to have a meagre diet , Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 6; id. Pers. 3, 3, 25.