Leech : (noun)
1: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms
typically having a sucker at each end [syn: bloodsucker,
hirudinean]
2: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the
host) in hope of gain or advantage [syn: parasite, sponge,
sponger]
(verb)
1: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled
patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, phlebotomize,
phlebotomise]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Leech : \Leech\ (l[=e]ch), n.
See 2d Leach.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Leech : \Leech\, v. t.
See Leach, v. t.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Leech : \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[=i]k, Sw. lik boltrope,
st[*a]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)
The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also
leach.]
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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Leech : \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[ae]che, physician, AS. l[=ae]ce;
akin to Fries. l[=e]tza, OHG. l[=a]hh[=i], Icel. l[ae]knari,
Sw. l["a]kare, Dan. l[ae]ge, Goth. l[=e]keis, AS. l[=a]cnian
to heal, Sw. l["a]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.
Leech, heal thyself. --Wyclif (Luke
iv. 23).
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of
annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or
Bdelloidea, esp. those species
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Leech : \Leech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leeched (l[=e]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Leeching.]
1. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
[Archaic]
2. To bleed by the use of leeches.
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Leech : 1. n. (Also `leecher'.) Among BBS types, crackers and warez
d00dz, one who consumes knowledge without generating new software,
cracks, or techniques. BBS culture specifically defines a leech as
someone who downloads files with few or no uploads in return, and who
does not contribute to the message section. Cracker culture extends this
definition to someone (a lamer, usually) who constantly presses
informed sources for information and/or assistance, but has nothing to
contribute. 2. v. [common, Toronto area] To instantly fetch a file
(other than a mail attachment) whether by FTP or IRC file req or any
other method. Seems to be a holdover from the early 1990s when Toronto
had a very active BBS and warez scene.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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