lich
Middle English forms of –ly.
nounAn assibilated form of
An obsolete assibilated form of
Middle English forms of –ly.
adjectiveLike.
nounA dead body; a corpse.
nounthe European goatsucker; — called also
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.
nounthe wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial.
nounthe wall of a churchyard or burying ground.
