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LYKE-WAKE
\lˈa͡ɪkwˈe͡ɪk], \lˈaɪkwˈeɪk], \l_ˈaɪ_k_w_ˈeɪ_k]\
Definitions of LYKE-WAKE
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
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l
[=i]k'-
w
[=a]k,
n
.
Same
as
LICH-WAKE.
1908
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson
Watch
kept
at
night
over
dead
body
.
1919
- The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry
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