lick : Idioms & Phrases
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lick-spigot
Lick"-spig`ot noun
Definitions
A tapster. Obs.
Webster 1913
lick-spittle
Lick"-spit`tle noun
Definitions
An abject flatterer or parasite. Theodore Hook.
Webster 1913
Salt lick
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noun a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
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WordNet
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Lick , n.
Webster 1913
To lick into shape
- to give proper form to; from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. Hudibras.
Webster 1913
To lick the dust
- to be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall lick the dust." Ps. lxxii. 9.
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To lick the spittle of
- to fawn upon. South.
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To lick up
- to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely. Shak. Num. xxii. 4.
