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(lk), a.Like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. Lich (lch), n.[AS. lc body. See Like, a.] A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.] Lich fowl (Zol.), 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.] スポンサード リンク
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