leach
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
leach
n 1: the process of leaching [syn: {leach}, {leaching}]
v 1: cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate
2: permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into
the ground" [syn: {leach}, {percolate}]
3: remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the
soil" [syn: {leach}, {strip}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leaching}.] [Written also leech and letch.]
1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to
the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to
leach ashes or coffee.
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2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out
alkali from ashes.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[imac]k, Sw. lik
boltrope, st[*a]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)
The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also
{leach}.]
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{Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,
passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the
leeches by. --Totten.
{Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of
a sail is sewed.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[ae]che, physician, AS. l[=ae]ce;
akin to Fries. l[=e]tza, OHG. l[=a]hh[imac], Icel.
l[ae]knari, Sw. l[aum]kare, Dan. l[ae]ge, Goth. l[=e]keis,
AS. l[=a]cnian to heal, Sw. l[aum]ka, Dan. l[ae]ge, Icel.
l[ae]kna, Goth. l[=e]kin[=o]n.]
1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
[Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser.
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Leech, heal thyself. --Wyclif (Luke
iv. 23).
2. (Zool.) 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.
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Note: In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three
convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By
the motion of these jaws a stellate incision is made in
the skin, through which the leech sucks blood till it
is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large
pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common
large bloodsucking leech of America ({Macrobdella
decora}) is dark olive above, and red below, with black
spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on fishes;
others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws
for drawing blood. See {Bdelloidea}. {Hirudinea}, and
{Clepsine}.
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3. (Surg.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for
drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
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{Horse leech}, a less powerful European leech ({H[ae]mopis
vorax}), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the
inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at
pools where it lives.
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from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Leach, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 220
Housing Units (2000): 94
Land area (2000): 6.229575 sq. miles (16.134524 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.229575 sq. miles (16.134524 sq. km)
FIPS code: 41900
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.197845 N, 94.913359 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74364
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Leach, OK
Leach
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
137 Moby Thesaurus words for "leach":
abate, abrade, abstract, bate, bathe, bleed, bolt, brew,
chemical solution, clarify, clear, colliquate, condense, curtail,
cut, decoagulate, decoct, decoction, decrassify, decrease, deduct,
deliquesce, depreciate, depurate, derogate, detract, diminish,
discharge, disparage, dissolve, distill, douche, drain, drench,
dribble, drip, dripple, drop, drouk, eat away, edulcorate, effuse,
elute, emit, erode, essentialize, excrete, exfiltrate, extract,
extravasate, exudate, exude, file away, filter, filtrate, fluidify,
fluidize, flush, flux, fuse, give off, gurgle, hold in solution,
imbrue, imbue, impair, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, infusion,
inject, lave, leachate, lessen, liquefy, liquesce, liquidize,
lixiviate, lixivium, macerate, melt, melt down, mixture, ooze,
percolate, permeate, purify, rectify, reduce, reek, refine, remove,
retrench, rinse, rub away, run, saturate, screen, seep, seethe,
separate, shorten, sieve, sift, soak, sodden, solubilize, solution,
solve, sop, souse, spiritualize, spurtle, steep, strain, subduct,
sublimate, sublime, subtract, sweat, take away, take from, thaw,
thin, thin out, transpire, transude, trickle, try, unclot, wash,
waterlog, wear away, weed, weep, winnow, withdraw
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