lich
or lych
[ lich ]
/ lɪtʃ /
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noun British Obsolete.
the body; the trunk.
a dead body; corpse.
Words nearby lich
licensee, licensure, licentiate, licentious, licet, lich, lich gate, lich stone, lichee, lichen, lichen myxedematosus
Origin of lich
before 900; Middle English liche body (alive or dead), Old English līc; cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Old Norse līk, Gothic leik. See like1
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Examples from the Web for lich
Lichen, lī′ken, lich′en, n. one of an order of cellular flowerless plants: an eruption on the skin.