leecheryn.
/ˈliːtʃəri/ rare.
The art or practice of healing; leechcraft.
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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 196 (margin) The horseleacherie of P. Vegetius.]
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 149/2 Horse Leachery, or Leach-craft, is the Art of curing Horses of Diseases.
1892 C. M. Andrews Old Eng. Manor v. 256 The Anglo-Saxon ‘wyrt’..included not only herbs..but flowers and vegetables, shrubs and trees, and their importance in Saxon leechery is well attested.
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