prae-lambo, ĕre, v. a., to lick or taste beforehand or first (poet.).
I Lit.: (mus) praelambens omne, quod affert, Hor. S. 2, 6, 109.—
II Transf., to wash or touch lightly , to bathe gently , of a river that flows by a place: arenas, Prud. Hamart. 357; Avien. Perieg. 494.