Definition of leech

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Leech (v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds..

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Leech :: Leech (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.
Leech :: Leech (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum..
Bdelloidea :: Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.
Leeched :: Leeched (imp. & p. p.) of Leec.
Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species..
Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.
Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.
Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
Leeching :: Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leec.
Malacobdella :: Malacobdella (n.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha..
Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..
Clepsine :: Clepsine (n.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms..
Leech :: Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
Leechcraft :: Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.
Cowleech :: Cowleech (n.) One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor.
Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.
Leech :: Leech (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species..
Bdellomorpha :: Bdellomorpha (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams..
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