lich : Idioms & Phrases

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Lich fowl

  • (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; called also lich owl.
Webster 1913

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 clergyman; a corpse gate. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Webster 1913

Lich wake

  • the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. Prov Eng. Chaucer.
Webster 1913

Lich wall

  • the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.
Webster 1913

Lich way

  • the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913