 | John Russell Bartlett - 1877 - 998 pages
...American cities. Lick or Bait Lick. A salt spring is called a lick, from the earth about it being fuiTowed out in a most curious manner by the buffalo and deer,...the saline particles with which it is impregnated. — Imlay'i Topogr. Description of the Western Territory. A. lick does not necessarily imply the presence... | |
 | William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, G. C. Kniffin - Kentucky - 1888 - 1108 pages
...most delightful country, and form a junction a small distance below the lower Blue Lick. A salt spring is called a lick, from the earth about it being furrowed...the saline particles with which it is impregnated. The country from the fork to the Ohio is considerably broken, but generally rich, and continues uneven,... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1889 - 882 pages
...of these poles are erected in different parts of American cities. Lick or Salt Lick. A salt spring is called a lick, from the earth about it being furrowed out in a most curious manner by the bufialo and deer, which lick the earth on account of the saline particles with which it is impregnated.... | |
 | Richard Hopwood Thornton - Americanisms - 1912 - 614 pages
...salt spring is called a Lick, from the earth about them being furrowed out, in a curious manner, by buffalo and deer, which lick the earth on account...the saline particles with which it is impregnated. — G. Imlay, ' Topogr. Descr.,' p. 43. 1800 Moses L. approached a lick, and took his stand in a convenient... | |
 | Literature - 1916 - 530 pages
...spring is called a Lick, from the earth about them being furrowed ont, in the most curions mnnner, by the buffalo and deer, which lick the earth on account of the saline particles with which it is impreguated. — Imlay, p. 31. La terre de cet endroit est un argile gras visqueux 'et blanc ou cendré,... | |
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LICK. A salt spring is called a lick, from the earth about it being furrowed out in a most curious manner, by the buffalo and deer, which lick the earth on account of the saline particles with which it is impregnated. 
