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lich       [lich] Pronunciation Key
–noun British Obsolete.
1.the body; the trunk.
2.a dead body; corpse.
Also, lych.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME liche body (alive or dead), OE līc; c. D lijk, G Leiche, ON līk, Goth leik. See like1]
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Lich

Lich\ (l[i^]k), a. Like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

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Lich

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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