Likin \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.
[1913 Webster]
"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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]