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lice

/lis/

noun, feminine/lis/plural: lices

curtain wall; pomerium; list, field (for combat); playing field; arena

Il est entré en lice.He came into contention.

From Frankish *listia. Compare German Leiste (“lath”).

noun, feminine/lis/plural: lices

brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)

Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).

lice — French Dictionary | Passage