Lich

a.	1.	Like.
n.	1.	A dead body; a corpse. Lich fowl (Zool.) the European goatsucker; - called also lich owl. Lich gate 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. Lich wake the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. - Halliwell. Lich wall the wall of a churchyard or burying ground. - Chaucer. Lich way the path by which the dead are carried to the grave.