Definition of "likin" []

• A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "An 'ginger hair in some folks -- an' likin 'beer in me."
• "When Mr. Stuart first came to our village he again took up his aul 'habits o' industry, an 'for a long time would'na taste drink ava; but when the excitement o' the sudden change had worn off, his aul 'likin' for strong drink cam 'back wi' fu 'force, an' he, puir weak man, had'na the strength o 'mind to withstand it."
• "Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and, and leave an' likin 'to shout;"