'Lich wake' definitions:

Definition of 'Lich wake'

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  • Lich \Lich\ (l[i^]ch), n. [AS. l[imac]c body. See Like, a.] A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]