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Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.

Cowleech :: Cowleech (n.) One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor.

Hirudinea :: Hirudinea (n. pl.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei..

Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..

Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

Paleechinoidea :: Paleechinoidea (n. pl.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini.

Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.

Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.

Apoda :: Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech..

Annulata :: Annulata (n. pl.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida..

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

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..

Leech :: Leech (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum..

Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

Annelida :: Annelida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda..

Hirudine :: Hirudine (a.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

Leech :: Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

Leech :: Leech (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.

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