Lich

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lich \Lich\ (l[i^]k), a.
     Like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Lich \Lich\ (l[i^]ch), n. [AS. l[imac]c body. See {Like}, a.]
     A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.]
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     {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.]
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