lich2 /lich/ noun (obsolete)A body, living or dead ORIGIN: ME lich, liche (Southern), like (Northern), from OE līc; Ger Leiche corpse lichˈgate or lychˈgate noun A roofed churchyard gate, orig to rest a bier under lichˈ-owl noun A screech owl, once thought to be a death-portent lichˈwake see lykewake lichˈway noun A path by which the dead are carried to burial |