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(<i>v. t.</i>) To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.<p>2. (<i>v. t.</i>) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.<p>3. (<i>n.</i>) A stroke of the tongue in licking.<p>4. (<i>n.</i>) 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.<p>5. (<i>n.</i>) 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.<p>6. (<i>v. t.</i>) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.<p>7. 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