a. [f. LICHEN sb. + -Y.] Overgrown with lichens; lichen-clad.
1826. Blackw. Mag., XIX. April, 382/2. The licheny cliff-stones, and the hollow-rhinded woods.
1856. R. Shield, Pract. Hints Moths, 40. On the licheny trunks of the trees and on old palings, the larvæ of Solenobia inconspicuella may be found.