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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Leche,) Leitch, n.2 [ME. and e.m.E. leche, e.m.E. leach, leech, OE. lǽce.] A leech, the blood-sucking worm: see Horsleche n. in Suppl. and Loch-leche.

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