Lick, n. [See Lick, v.] 1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. “A lick at the honey pot.” Dryden.
2. 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.
A lick of court whitewash. Gray.
3. 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.