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Meaning of LICH

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \Lich\ (l[i^]k), a.
    Like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
    
    
  2. \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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