Lick-spittle

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• Spittle

  ·noun A small sort of spade. II. Spittle ·vt To dig or stir with a small spade. III. Spittle ·noun...

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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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• 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

  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-spigot

  ·noun A <<Tapster>>. ...

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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.