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