(a) To take (sth.) into the mouth by licking; ~ up, lick (a drop) up; also, fig. dry up (dew); ~ honi of thorn(es, ~ honi on thorn, gain little for one's trouble; (b) to drink (sth.), sip; (c) to run the tongue over (sb. or sth.), lick; fig. flatter, fawn; ~ berd [see also berd 4b.]; ~ on, lick (sth.); ~ on whippe, be beaten; ~ dust (erthe), be defeated, be humbled; ~ knif, lick (one's) knife, be obliged to waste nothing, suffer want; ~ tail, seize a fugitive hare; his eres likked the ground, he fell to the ground; (d) ~ awei, to annihilate (sth.) by licking; ~ of, remove (sth.) by licking; ~ out, extract (sth.) by licking; also, put out (fire) by licking.

In surnames.