lich

Middle English forms of –ly.

noun

An assibilated form of like.

An obsolete assibilated form of like.

Middle English forms of –ly.

adjective

Like.

noun

A dead body; a corpse.

noun

the European goatsucker; — called also lich owl.

noun

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.

noun

the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial.

noun

the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.