Lick
LICK, verb transitive [Latin lingo; Gr. See Like and Sleek.]
1. To pass or draw the tongue over the surface; as, a dog licks a wound.
2. To lap; to take in by the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. 1 Kings 21:19.
To lick up, to devour; to consume entirely.
Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as an ox licketh up the grass of the field. Numbers 22:4.
To lick the dust, to be slain; to perish in battle.
His enemies shall lick the dust. Psalms 72:9.
LICK, noun In America, a place where beasts of the forest lick for salt, at salt springs.
LICK, noun
1. A blow; a stroke. [Not an elegant word.]
2. A wash; something rubbed on. [Not in use.]
LICK, verb transitive To strike repeatedly for punishment; to flog; to chastise with blows. [Not an elegant word; but probably flog, Latin fligo, is from the root of this word.]