| 单词 | beast leech |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeast leech beast leech n. now rare (English regional in later use) an animal doctor or veterinary surgeon, esp. one who specializes in the treatment of cattle.Cf. bullock-leech n., cow-leech n., horse-leech n. 1, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinarian > other veterinary specialists scab-picker1499 beast leech1627 dogleech1638 greasera1642 cow-leech1745 bullock-leech1774 cow-doctor1789 theriogenologist1970 1627 F. Holyoake Dictionarium Etymologicum (new ed.) sig. Qqq5/1 A horse courser, or horse-leech, or beast leech. 1748 R. Davies Ess. Pestilential Contagion 8 Much less is to be expected from Beast Leeches and their random Proceedings. 1849 Westmorland Gaz. 3 Mar. Mr. George Creed..had a cow that by an accident broke its leg. A beast-leech of the neighbourhood was called in. 1979 E. Bennion Antique Med. Instruments x. 214 Later.., the practice [sc. veterinary surgery] fell into the hands of the farrier, the ‘beast-leech’, who handed down his recipes from generation to generation. < as lemmas |
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