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noun
Lich  n.  A dead body; a corpse. (Obs.)
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.)
Lich wake, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. (Prov Eng.)
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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"Lich" Quotes from Famous Books



... pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT; energy blockade, the result of conflict with Azerbaijan, has led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood; pollution of Hrazdan (Razdan) and Aras Rivers; the draining of Sevana Lich, a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant without adequate (IAEA-recommended) ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand[obs3], wizen, nozzle; placket. portal, porch, gate, ostiary|, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway[obs3], driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate[obs3]. way, path &c. 627; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe &c. 350; air pipe &c. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage[obs3], ajutage[obs3]; ostium[obs3]; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... under the old yew trees of the churchyard and out through the lich-gate into the road, when Monica suddenly looked over ...
— The Manor House School • Angela Brazil

... said. "Plenty lich man now! plenty plize-money! Ching wear silk evely day in Queen Victolia countly. You no tink captain ...
— Blue Jackets - The Log of the Teaser • George Manville Fenn



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