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leech noun

  /liːt͡ʃ/
  • (nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
 lik
  • (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.
 akterlik

leech noun

  /liːt͡ʃ/
  • An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
 igel, blodigel
  • (figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
 igel, blodsugare, blodigel, parasit, utsugare

leech noun

  /liːt͡ʃ/
  • (Germanic paganism) A healer.
 helare

leech verb

  /liːt͡ʃ/
  • (transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
 åderlåta
horse-leech
hästigel
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