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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : leech
Phonetic Transcription : litʃ



Definition of leeching

Origin :
  • "bloodsucking aquatic worm," from Old English læce (Kentish lyce), of unknown origin (with a cognate in Middle Dutch lake). Commonly regarded as a transferred use of leech (n.2), but the Old English forms suggest a distinct word, which has been assimilated to leech (n.2) by folk etymology [see OED]. Figuratively applied to human parasites since 1784.
  • As in freeloading : adj parasitic
  • As in bleed : verb cause blood to flow
  • As in bleed : verb extort
  • As in freeload : verb take advantage
Example sentences :
  • Then Leeching, after loading his pistol, went to work with his comrade for an hour or so.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
  • Leeching, however, is seldom needed, a hypodermic injection of morphia generally sufficing to relieve the pain.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Leeching and blistering, and subsequently massage, pulled him through, but left him weak and querulous.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • Should the pain not subside, leeching must be had free recourse to, or blood be drawn by cupping.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • No wonder gout was a common disease, and the overheated blood needed to be reduced by cupping and leeching.
  • Extract from : « The Colonial Cavalier » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
  • Cupping, leeching, and all sorts of blood-letting were the chief dependence in olden times in all cases of fever.
  • Extract from : « The Colonial Cavalier » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
  • We feared, for a few minutes, that it really would be a case for a chirurgeon, with cupping and leeching and smelling salts.
  • Extract from : « Plum Pudding » by Christopher Morley
  • The lime soap thus formed is dropped from the tank into the hopper of a mill, finely ground and conveyed to a leeching tank.
  • Extract from : « Soap-Making Manual » by E. G. Thomssen
  • By the worst luck in the world a stone slipped and fell as Leeching passed by.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
  • Therefore Colquhoun must excuse him if he gave up the story of Leeching's skeleton entirely to his own reading.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant

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