| Spigot |
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock. |
n. |
| Lick |
To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. |
v. t. |
| Lick |
To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. |
v. t. |
| Lick |
A stroke of the tongue in licking. |
v. |
| Lick |
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. |
v. |
| Lick |
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. |
v. |
| Lick |
To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. |
v. t. |
| Lick |
A slap; a quick stroke. |
n. |
| Lick-spittle |
An abject flatterer or parasite. |
n. |