KJV Dictionary Definition: lick

lick

LICK, v.t. L. 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. 1Kings 21.

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.

To lick the dust, to be slain; to perish in battle.

His enemies shall lick the dust. Ps. 72.

LICK, n. In America, a place where beasts of the forest lick for salt, at salt springs.

LICK, n.

1. A blow; a stroke. Not an elegant word.

2. A wash; something rubbed on. Not in use.

LICK, v.t. To strike repeatedly for punishment; to flog; to chastise with blows. Not an elegant word; but probably flog, L. fligo, is from the root of this word.