Lich-wake

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Noun
  1. 1
    The wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. Scotland, obsolete

    "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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late-wake

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"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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