deer lick

noun

1. a spot of ground, naturally or artificially salty, where deer come to lick.

deer lick

noun

1. a naturally or artificially salty area of ground where deer come to lick the salt

Word History and Origins

Origin of deer lick¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

"There comes your trouble now," he added, pointing to a girl on a brown pony, coming slowly out of the timber near the deer lick.

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There was a deer-lick on our camp-ground there at Bridge Creek, and during the night deer came down and strayed through the camp.

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Naturally it is a "deer-lick," which makes it a Mecca during the open season to hunters.

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When only seven or eight miles from Wheeling and west of the Ohio river, they came upon a trail which led to a deer lick.

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Finally one of them got up and moved away, taking a torch with him, doubtless with the intention of watching a deer lick.

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