lich-wake
(obsolete, Scotland) The wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial.
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(obsolete, Scotland) The wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial.
In some parts of Scotland is still kept up the custon of Lyke-wake (Lich-wake), or watching beside the dead body before its burial.
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