lich

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CIDE DICTIONARY

lich, a.

Like. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

lich, n. [AS. līc body. See Like, a.].

A dead body; a corpse. [1913 Webster]

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 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.]