horse-leechn.

Brit.

/ˈhɔːsliːtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈhɔrsˌlitʃ/

Etymology: < horse n. + leech n.¹ < Old English lǽce, léce, physician.

†1. A horse-doctor, farrier, veterinary surgeon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinarian > farrier

marshalc1387

horse-leech1493

horse marshal1508

farrier1562

horse-doctor1672

mule-doctor1678

hippiatrica1690

1493 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 165 Item Johanni Hors~leych pro medicacione j equo magistri Langton, 7d.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Bokell smythes, horse leches, and gold beters.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii. x. 52 b/2 Saynt Loy we make an horsleche, and must let our horse rather renne vnshodde and marre hys hoofe than to shoo hym on hys daye.

1653 Z. Bogan Medit. Mirth Christian Life 234 The horse..will not endure the hand of the horseleech.

2. An aquatic sucking worm ( Hæmopsis sanguisorba) differing from the common leech in its larger size, and in the formation of the jaws.In some early quots. it seems to mean the common medicinal leech.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Hirudinea > member of family Hirundinidae

horse-eelc1400

horse-leech1530

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 706/26 Hec sanguissuga, a horsleche.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 232/2 Horse leche, a worme, sansue.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxx. B This generacion (which is like an horsleche) hath two doughters [Wycliffite The watir leche hath twei douȝtris]: y^e one is called, fetch hither: the other, brynge hither.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 615 An Horse leache, or bloudsucker worme, hirudo.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 503 The Horse-leach hath two daughters..that is, two forks in her tongue, which he heere calleth her daughters, wherby she sucketh the bloud, and is neuer saciate.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 15 Horse-leaches were wont to taste of the horses dung.

1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 412 Horse-leeches are..so extremely greedy of blood, that a vulgar notion is prevalent, that nine of them are able to destroy a horse.

1880 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 74/2 The Horse-leech..is much larger than the medicinal species..but its teeth are comparatively blunt, and it is little of a blood-sucker—notwithstanding the popular notion..It feeds greedily on earth-worms.

3. figurative. A rapacious, insatiable person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > rapacity > rapacious person

gorgec1450

sanguisugec1540

horse-leech1546

harpy1589

vulture1605

leech1785

sanguisorb1884

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.iii^v Besydes the infinite nombre of purgatorie horsleaches.

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 118 Thou, life of Strife, thou Horse-leach sent from Hell.

1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 14 Of all Priests, the Popes have been in several Ages the great Horse-leaches, and Blood-suckers.

1836–48 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Clouds i. i He has disregarded my advice, and stuck horse-leeches on to my estate.

Derivatives

† horse-leech v. Obsolete (transitive) to suck insatiably (as reputed of the horse-leech):

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) > consume or destroy wastefully (time, money, etc.)

to wear out1390

exhaust1541

horse-leech1679

to eat up1680

racket1753

to run into the ground1836

short1979

1679 Protestant Conformist 3 They have thereby Horse-leach'd a great deal of the best blood in Europe.

† ˈhorse-ˌleechery n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > farriery

marshalcyc1450

ferruriea1616

hippiatrics1646

hippiatry1653

farrying1678

horse-leechery1688

mule-medicine1716

farriery1737

horse-doctoring1807

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 149/2 Horse Leachery, or Leach-craft, is the Art of curing Horses of Diseases.

† horse-leechcraft n. Obsolete veterinary medicine.

ΚΠ

1688*Leach-craft [see horse-leechery n.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	horse-leech
释义	horse-leechn. Brit. /ˈhɔːsliːtʃ/, U.S. /ˈhɔrsˌlitʃ/ Etymology: < horse n. + leech n.¹ < Old English lǽce, léce, physician. †1. A horse-doctor, farrier, veterinary surgeon. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinarian > farrier marshalc1387 horse-leech1493 horse marshal1508 farrier1562 horse-doctor1672 mule-doctor1678 hippiatrica1690 1493 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 165 Item Johanni Hors~leych pro medicacione j equo magistri Langton, 7d. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Bokell smythes, horse leches, and gold beters. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii. x. 52 b/2 Saynt Loy we make an horsleche, and must let our horse rather renne vnshodde and marre hys hoofe than to shoo hym on hys daye. 1653 Z. Bogan Medit. Mirth Christian Life 234 The horse..will not endure the hand of the horseleech. 2. An aquatic sucking worm ( Hæmopsis sanguisorba) differing from the common leech in its larger size, and in the formation of the jaws.In some early quots. it seems to mean the common medicinal leech. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Hirudinea > member of family Hirundinidae horse-eelc1400 horse-leech1530 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 706/26 Hec sanguissuga, a horsleche. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 232/2 Horse leche, a worme, sansue. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxx. B This generacion (which is like an horsleche) hath two doughters [Wycliffite The watir leche hath twei douȝtris]: y^e one is called, fetch hither: the other, brynge hither. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 615 An Horse leache, or bloudsucker worme, hirudo. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 503 The Horse-leach hath two daughters..that is, two forks in her tongue, which he heere calleth her daughters, wherby she sucketh the bloud, and is neuer saciate. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 15 Horse-leaches were wont to taste of the horses dung. 1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 412 Horse-leeches are..so extremely greedy of blood, that a vulgar notion is prevalent, that nine of them are able to destroy a horse. 1880 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 74/2 The Horse-leech..is much larger than the medicinal species..but its teeth are comparatively blunt, and it is little of a blood-sucker—notwithstanding the popular notion..It feeds greedily on earth-worms. 3. figurative. A rapacious, insatiable person. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > rapacity > rapacious person gorgec1450 sanguisugec1540 horse-leech1546 harpy1589 vulture1605 leech1785 sanguisorb1884 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.iii^v Besydes the infinite nombre of purgatorie horsleaches. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 118 Thou, life of Strife, thou Horse-leach sent from Hell. 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 14 Of all Priests, the Popes have been in several Ages the great Horse-leaches, and Blood-suckers. 1836–48 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Clouds i. i He has disregarded my advice, and stuck horse-leeches on to my estate. Derivatives † horse-leech v. Obsolete (transitive) to suck insatiably (as reputed of the horse-leech): ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) > consume or destroy wastefully (time, money, etc.) to wear out1390 exhaust1541 horse-leech1679 to eat up1680 racket1753 to run into the ground1836 short1979 1679 Protestant Conformist 3 They have thereby Horse-leach'd a great deal of the best blood in Europe. † ˈhorse-ˌleechery n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > farriery marshalcyc1450 ferruriea1616 hippiatrics1646 hippiatry1653 farrying1678 horse-leechery1688 mule-medicine1716 farriery1737 horse-doctoring1807 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 149/2 Horse Leachery, or Leach-craft, is the Art of curing Horses of Diseases. † horse-leechcraft n. Obsolete veterinary medicine. ΚΠ 1688Leach-craft [see horse-leechery* n.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.14..
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