Definition of leech

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Leech (v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeches.

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Bloodletting :: Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection..
Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.
Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.
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..
Leechcraft :: Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.
Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species..
Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..
Leeching :: Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leec.
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..
Sanguisuge :: Sanguisuge (n.) A bloodsucker, or leech..
Hirudine :: Hirudine (a.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.
Leech :: Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.
Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.
Hirudinea :: Hirudinea (n. pl.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei..
Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..
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..
Clepsine :: Clepsine (n.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms..
Leech :: Leech (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.
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