lick

In common parlance is a blow. To do anything partially, is to give it a lick and a promise, as in painting or blacking.

♦ To lick, to surpass a rival, or excel him in anything.

♦ Lick of the tar-brush, a seaman.

← license × licorn →

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

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to lick
To beat; also to wash, or to paint slightly over. I'll give you a good lick o' the chops; I'll give ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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
Lick-spigot
·noun A <<Tapster>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Lick-spittle
·noun An abject flatterer or parasite. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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.