"art of healing," Old English læcecræft; see leech (2) + craft (n.). Old English also had læcedom "medicine." A later word for it was leechery (c. 1600).
lederhosen
ledge
ledger
lee
leech
leechcraft
Leeds
Lee-Enfield
leek
leer
leery
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