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   Lich (lĭk), a. Like. [Obs.]  Chaucer.  Spenser.
   
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   Lich (lĭch), n. [AS. līc 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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