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leechbooks

leechbooks is the plural of leechbook.

Meaning of leechbook

Noun

leechbook (plural leechbooks)

  1. (historical) A medical text of the Anglo-Saxon era; a compilation of medicinal cures and remedies used by leeches.
    • This Saxon manuscript has a dignity which is unique, for it is the oldest existing leech book written in the vernacular.1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 5

Questions about leechbooks

What is leechbooks the plural of?
Leechbooks is the plural of leechbook.

Words near leechbooks in the dictionary

  1. leech line
  2. leech lines
  3. leech-finger
  4. leech-fingers
  5. leechbook
  6. leechbooks
  7. leechcraft
  8. leechcrafts
  9. leechdom
  10. leechdoms
  11. leeched

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