Difference between revisions of "Leech"
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<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) See 2d Leach. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) See Leach, v. t. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeches. </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73674" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73674" /> == | ||
<p> Leech. See | <p> '''Leech.''' ''See '' '''Horse-Leech''' ''.'' </p> | ||
== | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41917" /> == | ||
Proverbs 30:15 | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16064" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16064" /> == | ||
<p> [[Leech]] occurs only in . 'The horse-leech' is properly a species of leech discarded for medical purposes on account of the coarseness of its bite. The leech, as a symbol, in use among rulers of every class and in all ages, for avarice, rapine, plunder, rapacity, and even assiduity, is too well known to need illustration. </p> | <p> [[Leech]] occurs only in . 'The horse-leech' is properly a species of leech discarded for medical purposes on account of the coarseness of its bite. The leech, as a symbol, in use among rulers of every class and in all ages, for avarice, rapine, plunder, rapacity, and even assiduity, is too well known to need illustration. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_138009"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/leech Leech from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_73674"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/leech Leech from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_73674"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/leech Leech from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_41917"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/leech Leech from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_16064"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/leech Leech from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_16064"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/leech Leech from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
(2): ( n.) 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.
(3): ( n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.
(4): ( n.) See 2d Leach.
(5): ( v. t.) See Leach, v. t.
(6): ( v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
(7): ( n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
(8): ( v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeches.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Leech. See Horse-Leech .
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Proverbs 30:15
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [4]
Leech occurs only in . 'The horse-leech' is properly a species of leech discarded for medical purposes on account of the coarseness of its bite. The leech, as a symbol, in use among rulers of every class and in all ages, for avarice, rapine, plunder, rapacity, and even assiduity, is too well known to need illustration.
