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• fore-and-aft sails — Sail Sail, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.] 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• leech — leech1 [lēch] n. [ME leche < OE læce, akin to OHG lāhhi, Goth lēkeis, magician, healer, OE lacnian, to heal, prob. < IE base * leg̑ , collect, gather together > L lex (see LEGAL); LEECH1 sense 2 is supposedly same word (from use in… …   English World dictionary

• leech — leech1 leechlike, adj. /leech/, n. 1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting. 2. a person who clings to another… …   Universalium

• leech´like´ — leech1 «leech», noun, verb. –n. 1. a worm, living especially in ponds and streams, that sucks the blood of animals. There is usually a sucker at each end of the body. Doctors formerly used leeches to suck blood from sick people. Leeches are… …   Useful english dictionary

• leech — I [[t]litʃ[/t]] n. 1) ivt any bloodsucking annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, as the European Hirudo medicinalis, once used widely for bloodletting 2) a person who clings to another for personal gain, esp. without giving anything in return;… …   From formal English to slang

• leech — leech1 noun 1》 a parasitic or predatory annelid worm with suckers at both ends, examples of which were formerly used in medicine for bloodletting. [Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech) and other species, class Hirudinea.] 2》 a person who extorts… …   English new terms dictionary

• leech — I. /litʃ / (say leech) noun 1. any of the bloodsucking or carnivorous, usually aquatic, worms constituting the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used by physicians for bloodletting and now occasionally used… …  

• leech — 1. n. 1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, a bloodsucking parasite of vertebrates formerly much used medicinally. 2 a person who extorts profit from or sponges on… …   Useful english dictionary

• leech — I. noun Etymology: Middle English leche, from Old English lǣce; akin to Old High German lāhhi physician Date: before 12th century 1. archaic physician, surgeon 2. [from its former use by physicians for bleeding patients] any of numerous… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• leech — Synonyms and related words: Chilopoda, Chordata, Doctor of Medicine, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, GP, MD, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, adherent, adhesive, allopath, allopathist, attending physician, barnacle, beat, bedbug,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ПАРУСНОСТЬ, РАНГОУТ И ТАКЕЛАЖ ЧЕТЫРЕХМАЧТОВОГО ПАРУСНОГО СУДНА — ПАРУСНОСТЬ, РАНГОУТ И ТАКЕЛАЖ ЧЕТЫРЕХМАЧТОВОГО ПАРУСНОГО СУДНА …   Морской словарь