lich-gate

(lich’gat), n. [¢ lichl + gatel.] A churchyard gate with a porch or shed forming a chapel either eombined with it or contiguous to it, in which in England and on the continent it was formerly eustomary, and is still usual in some places, for a bier to stand during the reading of the introductory part of the service, before it is borne inside; a corpse gate. It is very commonly nothing more than Lich-gate. a simple shed under which is the gate. Also spelled, arehaically, lychgate. Yet to the lychgate, where his chariot stood. Strode from the porch. Zennyson, Aylmer’s Field. 779 lichi, lichi (1é-ché’), ‘ n. [Also lichee, leechee, lite hi.] A Chinese fruit, the product of the tree Litehi Chinensis (Nephelium Litchi). The most common variety is nearly round, about an inch and a half in diameter, with a thin and brittle red-colored shell, which is covered with wart-like protuberances. The pulp, when fresh, is white and nearly transparent, sweet and jelly-like, and contains a single shining brown seed. ‘The fruit is borne in clusters. It is dried for preservation, the pulp shrinking away from the shell, and in this state it sometimes finds its way to western ports. See Litchi. The licht is the finest of Chinese fruits, having a white flesh with the taste of the best of grapes—excellent. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 574.