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Lich
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.] Lich fowl (Zoöl.), 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 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's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.