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Leeching :: Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leec.

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

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

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..

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

Bdellomorpha :: Bdellomorpha (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams..

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..

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..

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

Leechcraft :: Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.

Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.

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

Bdelloidea :: Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.

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

Leeched :: Leeched (imp. & p. p.) of Leec.

Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..

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..

Hirudo :: Hirudo (n.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech..

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

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