'Leach' definitions:
Definition of 'leach'
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Definition of 'Leach'
From: GCIDE
- Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also letch.] [Cf. As. le['a]h lye, G. lauge. See Lye.]
- 1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Leach tub, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leach'
From: GCIDE
- Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leached; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaching.] [Written also leech and letch.]
- 1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leach'
From: GCIDE
- Leach \Leach\, v. i. To part with soluble constituents by percolation. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'leach'
From: GCIDE
- Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[ae]che, physician, AS. l[=ae]ce; akin to Fries. l[=e]tza, OHG. l[=a]hh[imac], Icel. l[ae]knari, Sw. l[aum]kare, Dan. l[ae]ge, Goth. l[=e]keis, AS. l[=a]cnian to heal, Sw. l[aum]ka, Dan. l[ae]ge, Icel. l[ae]kna, Goth. l[=e]kin[=o]n.]
- 1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. [Written also leach.] [Archaic] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Leech, heal thyself. --Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).
- 2. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By the motion of these jaws a stellate incision is made in the skin, through which the leech sucks blood till it is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common large bloodsucking leech of America ({Macrobdella decora}) is dark olive above, and red below, with black spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on fishes; others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws for drawing blood. See Bdelloidea. Hirudinea, and Clepsine. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Surg.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum. [1913 Webster]
- Horse leech, a less powerful European leech ({H[ae]mopis vorax}), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at pools where it lives. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'leach'
From: GCIDE
- Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[imac]k, Sw. lik boltrope, st[*a]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also leach.] [1913 Webster]
- Leech line, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by. --Totten.
- Leech rope, that part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is sewed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'leach'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abrade,
- abstract,
- bate,
- bathe,
- bleed,
- bolt,
- brew,
- chemical solution,
- clarify,
- clear,
- colliquate,
- condense,
- curtail,
- cut,
- decoagulate,
- decoct,
- decoction,
- decrassify,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deliquesce,
- depreciate,
- depurate,
- derogate,
- detract,
- diminish,
- discharge,
- disparage,
- dissolve,
- distill,
- douche,
- drain,
- drench,
- dribble,
- drip,
- dripple,
- drop,
- drouk,
- eat away,
- edulcorate,
- effuse,
- elute,
- emit,
- erode,
- essentialize,
- excrete,
- exfiltrate,
- extract,
- extravasate,
- exudate,
- exude,
- file away,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- fluidify,
- fluidize,
- flush,
- flux,
- fuse,
- give off,
- gurgle,
- hold in solution,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impair,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- infusion,
- inject,
- lave,
- leachate,
- lessen,
- liquefy,
- liquesce,
- liquidize,
- lixiviate,
- lixivium,
- macerate,
- melt,
- melt down,
- mixture,
- ooze,
- percolate,
- permeate,
- purify,
- rectify,
- reduce,
- reek,
- refine,
- remove,
- retrench,
- rinse,
- rub away,
- run,
- saturate,
- screen,
- seep,
- seethe,
- separate,
- shorten,
- sieve,
- sift,
- soak,
- sodden,
- solubilize,
- solution,
- solve,
- sop,
- souse,
- spiritualize,
- spurtle,
- steep,
- strain,
- subduct,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- subtract,
- sweat,
- take away,
- take from,
- thaw,
- thin,
- thin out,
- transpire,
- transude,
- trickle,
- try,
- unclot,
- wash,
- waterlog,
- wear away,
- weed,
- weep,
- winnow,
- withdraw
Leach, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Leach, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
220
Housing Units (2000) :
94
Land area (2000) :
6.229575 sq. miles (16.134524 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.229575 sq. miles (16.134524 sq. km)
FIPS code :
41900
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
36.197845 N, 94.913359 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
74364
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.