单词 | loch leech |
释义 | > as lemmasloch leech loch leech n. a leech; esp. the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Hirudinea > member of (leech) leecha900 water leechc1350 bloodsuckera1387 lough-leech1562 loch leech1579 sanguisuge1585 censur1597 leech-worm1794 hirudinean1835 sangsuea1849 snail-leech1865 1579 S. Novimola Despauterii Grammaticæ Institutionis Lib. VII (new ed.) ii. 42 Hirudo, ane Lochleiche. 1616 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 587 The Scottismen as loch-leitches..soukis out ȝour merche. 1715 A. Pitcairne Method of curing Small-pox in G. Sewell & J. T. Desaguliers tr. A. Pitcairne Wks. 271 In this case Blood is to be taken at the Arm, or with Loch-Leeches. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. 182 The gowk kens what the tittling wants, although it is not aye crying Give, give, like the horse loch-leech. 1947 F. W. Dowson Goathland 123 The medicinal leech, locally known as the ‘loch’ leech, was formerly very common in the marshy Randy Mere. 2000 F. W. Robertson Early Sc. Gardeners iv. 138 For curing smallpox, after bleeding with loch leeches, the patient was given syrup of white poppies to induce sleep. < as lemmas |
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