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lich
[ lich ]
noun
- the body; the trunk.
- a dead body; corpse.
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Example Sentences
At the entrance to the graveyard is the lich-gate and mortuary, where many wrecked seamen were taken for burial.
Nest lich nan ne gurde hire wi na cunne gurdles : bute urh schriftes leaue.
She referred to the thick, solid, stone wall enclosing the grounds, and the beautiful lich-gate that stood over the entrance.
By a little judicious elbowing, Dorothy managed to secure a place where she had a tolerable view of the path and the lich-gate.
Lych is the Saxon word for a dead body, from which Lich-field, “the field of dead bodies,” is derived.
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