\Li"kin`\, n. [Written also {lekin}.] [ Chin. li kin; li
the thousandth part of a tael + kin money.]
A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon
imports or articles in transit.
      ``Likin,'' which used to be regarded as illegal, as one
      of the many, ``squeezes'' imposed by the mandarins, is,
      in Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any other form
      of taxation.                             --A. R.
                                               Colquhoun.