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leechdom arch.|ˈliːtʃdəm| [OE. lǽcedóm, f. lǽce leech n.1 + -dóm -dom.] A medicine, remedy.
a900Kentish Glosses in Wr.-Wülcker 59/38 Medicinam, lecedom. c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xxvi. [xxv.] (1890) 350 Micel wund behofað micles læcedomes. c1175Lamb. Hom. 111 Mon..unhalne lechnað ȝif he lechedom con. c1200Ormin 1851 Drihhtiness hallȝhe læchedom & sawless eȝhesallfe. 1864Cockayne (title) Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England. 1894Creighton in Daily News 3 Sept. 6/2 A collection of receipts, prescriptions, or leechdoms, for the various injuries. |