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lich |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lich \Lich\ (l[i^]k), a. Like [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lich \Lich\ (l[i^]ch), n. [AS. l[=i]c body. See {Like}, a.] A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.] {Lich fowl} (Zo["o]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called also {lich owl}. {Lich gate}, a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place and where the bier was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Lich wake}, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. [Prov Eng.] --Chaucer. {Lich wall}, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground. {Lich way}, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [Prov. Eng.]
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