1) Annelid 2) Annelid used in hirudotherapy 3) Annelid worm 4) Big sucker 5) Blood sucker 6) Blood-loving worm 7) Blood-sucking worm 8) Bloodletting critter 9) Bloodsucker 10) Bloodsucking creature 11) Carnivorous worm 12) Clinging type 13) Computer jargon 14) Draw blood 15) Exclusively Saxon word 16) Exclusively Anglo word
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1) Bleeder 2) Bloodsucker 3) Hirudinean 4) Horseleech 5) Parasite 6) Phlebotomise 7) Phlebotomize 8) Scrounger 9) Sponge 10) Sponger
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The aft or trailing edge of a fore-and-aft sail; the leeward edge of a spinnaker; a vertical edge of a square sail. The leech is susceptible to twist, which is controlled by the boom vang, mainsheet and, if rigged with one, the gaff vang.
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The aft or trailing edge of a fore-and-aft sail; the leeward edge of a spinnaker; a vertical edge of a square sail. The leech is susceptible to twist, which is controlled by the boom vang, mainsheet and, if rigged with one, the gaff vang.
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a vertical edge of a square sail
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a vertical edge of a square sail
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Sides of a square sail or the aft side of a fore-and-aft sail.
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• (n.) See 2d Leach. • (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. • (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. • (v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeche...
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any of about 650 species of segmented, or annelid, worms. A small sucker, which contains the mouth, is at the anterior end; a large sucker is at the ... [11 related articles]
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Freeloader
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The aft edge of the triangular sail - the one that's not attached to anything.
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1. Physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. ... Alternative forms: leach] 'Leech, heal thyself.' (Wyclif (Luke iv. 23)) ... 2. <zoology> Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, especially. Those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and all...
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(lēch) any of the annelids of the class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis; some species are bloodsuckers. Leeches were used extensively to treat various disorders and are still used occasionally to reduce postsurgical venous congestion, as in tissue flaps, grafts, or transplants.
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Leech (lēch)
noun See 2d
Leach .
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Leech noun [ Confer LG.
leik , Icelandic
līk , Swedish
lik boltrope, stående
liken the leeches.]
(Nautical) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [ Written also
leach .]
Leech line ,
a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, ...
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Leech transitive verb See Leach , transitive verb
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The aft most or back edge of a sail.
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A human who drinks vampire blood,but acknowledges no master.
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Leech: 1. An aquatic parasite that sucks blood from animals. Leeches play a role in medicine today. See: Leech therapy. 2. (Archaic) A physician or surgeon (because they did so much leeching). 3. A person who behaves as a parasite.
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Leech is a popular term for annelid worms of the class Hirudinea comprising those worms equipped with a sucker at each end that draw blood from their prey (warm blooded mammals), such as Hirudo medicinalis.
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In sailing, the leech is the border or edge of a sail which is sloping or perpendicular.
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The aft edge of a triangular sail.
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phlebotomize verb draw blood; `In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment`
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bloodsucker noun carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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Any of a group of annelid worms. Leeches live in fresh water, and in tropical countries infest damp forests. As bloodsucking animals they are injurious to people and animals, to whom they attach themselves by means of a strong mouth adapted to sucking. (Class Hirudinea.) Formerly, the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) was used...
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