DCHP-3

moose-lick

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a salt lick frequented by moose.

Quotations

1922
This pond . . . was a "moose-lick," a place to which for years, at certain seasons, the moose came at night from miles around, because the water and soil had in them some salty substance which they liked or needed.
1938
The experienced hunter knows whereto find himself a moose lick, and, having found one, builds himself a look-out in some tree. . . .