| 单词 | lick-log |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslick-log lick-log n. a block of salt for cattle to lick; to stand up to one's lick-logs, to make a firm stand. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > salt lick lick-log1834 cattle lick1887 lick1920 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > be resolute or determined [verb (intransitive)] > make a firm stand to make (a) stand1591 to put one's foot down1833 to stand up to one's lick-logs1834 1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life 170 I was determined to stand up to my lick-log, salt or no salt. 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. xii I like a man to be up to the notch, and stand to his lick-log. 1852 G. W. L. Bickley Hist. Tazewell County 226 Capt. Moore..was at a lick log..salting his horses of which he had many. 1948 E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 105 Small troughs were cut in the trunk of a fallen tree and occasionally salt was placed there, making what was known as a ‘lick log’. < as lemmas |
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