10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «LICHWAKE»
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A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire
Lichwake. See. Lykewdke. Lick. and. a. Slake. See. Slake. Lie lea, to remain or
lie in grass as land for pasturage. See Ley- lands. Lief, or Leave, willing, in the
sense of indifference ' I'd as leave gan yah way as t' other,' as soon go ono way
as ...
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Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection
A dead carcase; whence lichwake, the time or act of watching by the dead;
lichgate, the gate through which the dead are carried to the grave; Lichfield, the
field of the dead, a city in Stalfordshire, so named from martyred christians.
Samuel Johnson, E. L. McAdam, Milne, George,
2013
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Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's ...
And he makes a polite bow to his birthplace in the entry on lich, as well as adding
a comment which was surely provided by one of his Scottish colleagues: A dead
carcase; whence lichwake, the time or act of watching by the dead; lichgate, the ...
David Crystal, Hilary Crystal,
2013
4
The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English ...
[Another form of Lichwake.] The watching of a corpse before interment; a
lichwake. Likewise (lik'wiz), ctmj. and adv. In like manner; also; moreover; too. For
he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and
leave ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale,
1883
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The imperial dictionary of the English language: a complete ...
[Another form of Lichwake.] The watching of a corpse before interment; a
lichwake. Likewise (lik'wiz), conj. and adv. In like manner; also; moreover; too.
For he seeth that wise men die, likctrise the fool and the brutish person perish,
and leave ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale,
1883
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
He And the press groan'd with licene'd blasphemies, was professor of philosophy
and physic at Padua, Pope, where he died in 165 e. LICII- | Late wake, not
Lichwake, is the (errqjill used in Scotland. are the Mouse, the Sambre, and the
Ourte.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis,
1807
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Britains Historical Drama; a Series of National Tragedies ...
Lick signifies, in the old Saxon, a corpse, from whence comes the word lichwake,
to watch with the dead. Bede says, in Leicestershire and in Lichfield so many
were slain, that these places became another Golgotha, which, says John Ross
of ...
J ..... F ..... Pennie,
1832
8
Every-day pronunciation
Leyden, H'den. liaison, leazon'. liard, lyar. libelant, li'belant. liberticide, libeVtlsid.
libertine, lIb'6rtln. lichen, li'ken, llch'en. lichwake (Scot.), lich'wak, leCH'wak.
Licinus, lis'miis. Liebig, le'blCH. Liebknecht, lep'kneCHt. Liederkranz, le'd6rkrants
.
Robert Palfrey Utter,
1918
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Rustic Speech and Folk-lore
A dead carcase ; whence lichwake, the time or act of watching by the dead ;
lichgate, the gate through which the dead are carried to the grave ; Lichfield, the
field of the dead, a city in Staffordshire, so named from martyred Christians.
Elizabeth Mary Wright,
1913
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Selections from [Chaucer's] Canterbury Tales
... desires, A 3066, 6833. lustier, gladder, G 1345. lustiheed, pleasure, enjoyment,
F 288. lusty, pleasant, A 2176, 2484, F 52, 389, G 1402 (ironic). lustynesse,
pleasantness, A 1939. lyche, adj. like, F 62. lychewake, lichwake, the wake or
watch ...