LekhoriLekhoriAn aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
The leech on his leg had swelled to more than five inches long, puffed and swollen on his blood.
The vertical edge of a square sail.
To help combat these problems, almost all sailmakers trim the leeches of their headsails to a hollow or concave profile and enclose a LEECHLINE within the leech tabling.
To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
The poppy made him sleep and while he slept they leeched him to drain off the bad blood.
To drain (resources) without giving back.
A surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.
From Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”), from Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”), akin to Middle Dutch lāke ("blood-sucking worm"; > modern Dutch laak).
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Near-synonyms: mooch, suck down