Definition of lick

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Lick (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied..

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Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame..
Licking :: Licking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lic.
Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca..
Flittermouse :: Flittermouse (n.) A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse..
Flickeringly :: Flickeringly (adv.) In a flickering manner.
Fulguration :: Fulguration (n.) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called blick..
Click :: Click (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick..
Niblick :: Niblick (n.) A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc..
Rollicking :: Rollicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rolli.
Lambative :: Lambative (a.) Taken by licking with the tongue.
Click :: Click (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol..
Click :: Click (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward..
Slicking :: Slicking (n.) Narrow veins of ore.
Flickered :: Flickered (imp. & p. p.) of Flicke.
Lick :: Lick (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs..
Licked :: Licked (imp. & p. p.) of Lic.
Slickensides :: Slickensides (n.) A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England..
Clack :: Clack (n.) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click..
High-holder :: High-holder (n.) The flicker; -- called also high-hole.
Licking :: Licking (n.) A flogging or castigation.
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