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leechdom

Meaning of "leechdom" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEECHDOM

ˈliːtʃdəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEECHDOM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leechdom is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEECHDOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leechdom in the English dictionary

The definition of leechdom in the dictionary is a remedy.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEECHDOM

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEECHDOM

lee · lee wave · leeboard · leech · leechcraft · leechlike · Leeds · Leeds Castle · leek · leep · leer · leerier · leerily · leeriness · leering · leeringly · leerist · leery · lees · leet

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEECHDOM

animal kingdom · at random · birthdom · chiefdom · condom · conventional wisdom · degree of freedom · dom · dukedom · Edom · fiefdom · kaiserdom · Old Kingdom · plant kingdom · popedom · pseudorandom · Radom · shahdom · sheikhdom · United Kingdom

Synonyms and antonyms of leechdom in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «leechdom» into 25 languages

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Trends of use of leechdom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEECHDOM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leechdom

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEECHDOM»

Discover the use of leechdom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leechdom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England: ...
A leechdom if any limb of a man be chapped. lxxiv. A leechdom against warts and callosities on a limb. lxxv. A leechdom for a scurfy nail. lxxvi. A leechdom for itch. lxxvii. A leechdom if thou will that an ill swelling and the venomous humour ...
Thomas Oswald Cockayne, 1865
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Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England ...
That shall be a leechdom for her, for the one who there combeth her head. 7. At si hoc optaverit, ut menstrua fluant, let her comb her head again under the mulberry tree, and let her collect the hair that cleaveth upon the comb, and let her place ...
Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Dioscorides Pedanius (of Anazarbos.), 1864
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Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England: ...
This leechdom is good for the men whose neck is sore, and all the swere is so very sore that the man can scarcely shut his mouth : that sore the Greeks call " o- Tracr/aioj," that is, in our language, sore of the back * Catalepsy, related to epilepsy ...
Cockayne, 1866
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Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England: ...
A leechdom if any limb of a man be chapped. lxxiv. A leechdom against warts and callosities on a limb. lxxv. A leechdom for a scurfy nail. lxxvi. A leechdom for itch. lxxvii. A leechdom if thou will that an ill swelling and the venomous humour ...
Thomas Oswald Cockayne, 2012
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Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England: Læce ...
A leechdom if any limb of a man be chapped. lxxiv. A leechdom against warts and callosities on a limb. lxxv. A leechdom for a scurfy nail. lxxvi. A leechdom for itch. lxxvii. A leechdom if thou will that an ill swelling and the venomous humour ...
Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Sextus Placitus (Papyriensis.), Dioscorides Pedanius (of Anazarbos.), 1865
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Modern Language Notes
Let us compare this with the Historical Tractate (' Leechdom's ' iii., 439, 2) ; " In fact as soon as Edgar was chosen to his kingdom he was very mindful of his promise which he, while a young child in his princely estate, made to God and St. Mary ...
‎1893
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Dictionary of Plant Lore
The leechdom was for equal quantities of betony, celandine and yarrow juice mixed together, and then applied to the eyes. Yarrow was still being used in the15th century, though the leechdom had become a little more exotic – “for the white ...
D.C. Watts, 2007
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Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England: ...
When thou hast said these words, take the apple or fruit, and then wind it up in a fine purple cloth, and then bag it again in a piece of some other fine linen, and have a care that this leechdom touch neither water nor earth. When there is need,  ...
Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Sextus Placitus (Papyriensis.), Dioscorides Pedanius (of Anazarbos.), 1864
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Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England ...
A leechdom if any limb of a man be chapped. Ixxiv. A leechdom against warts and callosities on a limb. Ixxv. A leechdom for a scurfy nail. lxxvi A leechdom for itch. lxxvii. A leechdom if thou will that an ill swelling and the venomous humour ...
Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Apuleius (Barbarus.), Dioscorides Pedanius (of Anazarbos.), 1965
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Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of eraly England: the ...
For the same.a This leechdom shall apply to the man who is bad in his breast. There are many infirmities which come on a man through the breast, and sooth it is, that every humour cometh first out of the maw, and through that humour the ...
Oswald Cockayne, 2001

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEECHDOM»

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Scientists are Brewing Medieval Potions to Fight Hospital Superbugs
The recipe, which claimed to be “the best leechdom” in existence, caught the eye of Freya Harrison, a microbiologist at the University of ... «Gizmodo, May 15»
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Yesteryear's Remedies May Be Tomorrow's Cures
... vessel, wring out through a cloth and clear it well, put it into a horn, and about night time apply with a feather to the eye; the best leechdom.". «Huffington Post Canada, Apr 15»
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'Synergy' is not a false promise
... vessel, wring out through a cloth and clear it well, put it into a horn, and about night time apply it with a feather to the eye; the best leechdom.”. «Hindu Business Line, Apr 15»
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A Medieval Recipe Could Kill Hospital Superbugs
... vessel, wring out through a cloth and clear it well, put it into a horn, and about night time apply it with a feather to the eye; the best leechdom. «Gizmodo Australia, Mar 15»
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