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ˈlich-owl Also 6–7 like-owle. [f. lich + owl.] The screech-owl, so called because its cry was supposed to portend death in the house.1585 Higins Junius' Nomenclator 56 Bubo, a shrichowle: a likeowle. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 283 The Otis is a bird lesse than the Like-Owle,..hauing two plumed ears stand...
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▪ I. lich Obs. exc. arch. and in Comb. (lɪtʃ) Forms: α. 1–2 l{iacu}c, 4–5 liche, lyche, 6 lytche, 7, 9 litch, 3–7, 9 lich, lych; in comb. 5 lege-, 6–9 leech-, 9 leach- (see also lich-gate, lich-owl). pl. 1 l{iacu}c, 3, 5 liches. β. 2–5 lik(e, (4 lijk), 7, 9 like, lyke. pl. 9 likes. [OE. l{iacu}c str...
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