To pass or draw the tongue over the surface; as, a dog licks a wound.

To lap; to take in by the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. 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. Psalm 72:9.

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

A blow; a stroke.

A wash; something rubbed on.

To strike repeatedly for punishment; to flog; to chastise with blows.