noun

1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

3. A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.

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noun

1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

2. A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.

3. A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

Synonyms: bloodsucker, parasite, sponger, vampire

noun

1. A physician.

2. (Heathenry) A healer.

Synonyms: healer, barber, doctor, physician

noun

1. The vertical edge of a square sail.

2. The aft edge of a triangular sail.