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Lying by the Wall

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Dead but not buried. Anglo-Saxon, wæl (death). He is lying with the dead.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Lybius (Sir)
Lycaonian Tables [Lycaoniæmensæ]
Lycidas
Lycisca (half-wolf, half-dog)
Lycopodium
Lydford Law
Lydia
Lydia Languish
Lydian Poet (The)
Lying Traveller (The)
Lying by the Wall
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Lyme-hound
Lynceus
Lynch Law
Lynch-pin
Lynchnobians
Lynx
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Lyon King-of-Arms
Lyonnesse