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Wake. By s. 165 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, replacing after 31st October, 1936, s. 68 of the Pubic Health (Amendment) Act, 1907, it is provided as follows:It shall not be lawful to hold a wake over the body of a person who has died while suffering from a notifiable disease, and the occupier of any premises who permits or suffers any such wake to take place thereon, and every person who takes part in the wake, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds....
Latewake
See Lich wake under Lich...
Lords and Ladies
The European wake robin Arum maculatum those with purplish spadix the lords and those with pale spadix the ladies...
Psychopannychism
The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death and does not wake until the resurrection of the body...
Rewake
To wake again...
Daymare
A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare...
Evigilation
A waking up or awakening...
Experrection
A waking up or arousing...
Forwaked
Tired out with excessive waking or watching...
Insomnia
Lack of sleep inability to sleep especially when chronic wakefulness sleeplessness...
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