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