Definition of leech

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

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Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.
Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..
Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d 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..
Hirudo :: Hirudo (n.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech..
Apoda :: Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech..
Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species..
Leech :: Leech (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum..
Leech :: Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..
Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.
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..
Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..
Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses..
Annulata :: Annulata (n. pl.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida..
Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..
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