[HORSE-LEECH]
·noun ·see 2d Leach. II. Leech ·vt ·see <<Leach>>, ·vt. III. Leech ·vt To bleed by the use of leec...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A farrier; a veterinary surgeon. II. Horse-leech ·noun A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis...
Occurs only in Prov. 30:15 (Heb. alukah); the generic name for any blood-sucking annelid. There are ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
the path in which the dead are carried to be buried. Exm. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Ropes fastened to the leeches of the main-sail, fore-sail, and cross-jack, communicating with blocks...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A name given to that vertical part of the bolt-rope to which the border or edge of a sail is sewed. ...
A sail well set on a wind, and well filled. ...