Obs. [f. LICK v. + POT sb.]
1. A name for the first finger.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VII. 73. Whiche fynger som men clepeþ likpot þat is þe fynger next þe thombe.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 305/1. Lykpot fyngyr, index.
c. 1475. Pict. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 752/36. Hic index, a lykpot.
2. A pot out of which medicine may be licked.
1665. Needham, Med. Medicinæ, 283. Their Nutritive Messes, Lick-pots, and Pectorals.