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unˈlicked, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. Du. ongelikt, G. ungeleckt.]
1. Not licked into shape. (See lick v. 4.) Chiefly fig., esp. with cub (or whelp).
1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 161 Like to..an vn-lick'd Beare-whelpe, That carryes no impression like the Damme. c1618Moryson Itin. iv. (1903) 1 Being drawne to the writing hereof..out of a naturall affection to give all the members to this my unlicked whelpe. 1687Dryden Hind & P. i. 36 The bloudy Bear, an Independent beast, Unlick'd to form, in groans her hate express'd. 1687[see cub n. 3]. 1728Vanbr. & Cib. Prov. Husb. ii. i, The Son is an unlick'd Whelp, about sixteen. 1795Coleridge After a Walk bef. Supper 30 A little ape with huge she-bear..: An unlicked mass the one— the other An antic huge. 1845[see prec.]. 1871Besant & Rice Ready-money Mort. x, You know, Polly, what an unlicked cub I was when I married you.
b. fig. Not reduced to form or order; unfinished, unpolished, rude or crude.
1661Boyle Style of Script. 185 Confus'd Notions, and Abortive or Unlick'd Conceptions. 1682Dryden Abs. & Achit. ii. 502 But thou in Clumsy verse, unlickt, unpointed, Hast shamefully defi'd the Lord's Anointed. 1758Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 457, I rode back..to put the society there (an unlicked mass) into some form. 1773F. Burney Early Diary Oct., I saw..the appearance of unlicked nature in all his motions. 1835Lamb Elia ii. Pref., My late friend's writings..are..a sort of unlicked, incondite things.
2. Not licked.
1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 296 Poor Pussy,..a creature of backbone and ribs, coated with fur unlicked and scorched. 1895R. W. Chambers King in Yellow, Str. Four Winds i, [The cat's] purple tongue travelled over every unlicked spot..[of] the saucer. |