adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flicker. ] In a flickering state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. blik tin. ] A tin dinner pail. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as he had no self-respect.
Syn. -- apple polisher, bootlick, fawner, groveller, truckler, ass-kisser, toady. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [ Low, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th Click. ] 1. The knocker of a door. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A latch key. [ Eng. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a fast and rhythmic clicking sound, as of “click-clack”; as, the clickety-clack of the typewriters.
Syn. -- clickety-clack. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flickered p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering. ] [ OE. flikeren, flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. √84. Cf. Flacker. ] 1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. [ 1913 Webster ]

And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shadows flicker to fro. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flickering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Flittermouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gleek, n., 2, and Ir. & Gael. glic wise, cunning, crafty. ] An ogling look. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Clicket. ] (Mil.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties. [ Written also klinket. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Lecher. ] One who, or that which, licks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Licker in (Carding Machine), the drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Lecherous. ] 1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. “The lickerish palate of the glutton.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. “Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Lick"er*ish*ly, adv. -- Lick"er*ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lickerish; eager; lustful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Lick"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

a. Sleek; smooth. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Slick, n. ] (Mining) The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically: (a) A kind of burnisher for leather. (b) (Founding) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A waterproof coat. [ Western U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly. Cf. To lick into shape, under Lick, v. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]