LICH
\lˈɪx], \lˈɪx], \l_ˈɪ_x]\
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(obs.). Corpse; -ch-gate, roofed gateway of churchyard where coffin awaits clergyman\'s arrival; -ch-house, mortuary; -ch-owl, screech-owl (boding death); -ch-stone, to place coffin on at l.-gate; lyke-wake, watch kept at night over corpse. [old English]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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