Leach

Definitions

1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
2. A surname from Old English.
   countable, uncountable
3. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
4. A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. Alternative spelling of leech.
   alt-of, alternative
6. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States.
   countable, uncountable
7. A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
8. A river in Gloucestershire, with a short stretch in Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames at Lechlade; in full, the River Leach.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"This is the leach," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.”

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