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One who, or that which, licks. Licker in (Carding Machine), the drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.

Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton." Bp. Hall.

Lickerish; eager; lustful. [Obs.] -- Lick"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In a flickering state.

One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [Low, Eng.]

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.

In a flickering manner.

See Flittermouse.

A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. Shak.

That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically:

To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp. The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. Wordsworth. The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . Sir W. Scott.

A bird; the flicker.

A small flame. The flamelets gleamed and flickered. Longfellow.

Wavering; not steady; flickering. Bacon.

A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.

Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.]

The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]

See Lickerish. -- Lic"o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.] Herbert.

See Lickerish, Lickerishness. Chaucer.

See Lickerish. [Obs.] Shak.