Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lick.
Etymologies
- lick + -eth (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And Moab said unto the elders of Mid'i-an, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.”
“Like a raging conflagration he licketh up my troops.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
“This blazing fire that licketh up the trees causeth sorrow in my anxious heart and raiseth therein evil presentiments. ”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva
“First he drinketh and licketh the blood of the beast that he slayeth, and rendeth and haleth the other-deal limb - meal, and devoureth and swalloweth it.”
“Avicenna saith that the bear bringeth forth a piece of flesh imperfect and evil shapen, and the mother licketh the lump, and shapeth the members with licking ....”
“He licketh and sucketh his own feet, and hath liking in the juice thereof.”
“For the whelp is a piece of flesh little more than a mouse, having neither eyes nor ears, and having claws some-deal bourgeoning, and so this lump she licketh, and shapeth a whelp with licking ....”
“In his forehead when he is foaled is found Iconemor, a black skin of the quantity of a sedge, that hight also Amor's Veneficium; and the mother licketh it off with her tongue, and taketh it away and hideth it or eateth it.”
“Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.”
“A dire dread of annihilation now seized her, and she waited to see if, by 'another look,' she was to be stricken from existence, -- swallowed up, even as the fire licketh up the oil with which it comes in contact.”
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