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Webster 1913 Edition
Lich
Lich
(lĭk)
, Adj.
Like.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Spenser.
Lich
(lĭch)
, Noun.
A dead body; a corpse.
[Obs.]
Lich fowl
(Zool.)
, 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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Lich
LICH
,Adj.
LICH
,Noun.