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letch

Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also letch.] [Cf. As. le['a]h lye, G. lauge. See Lye.]

  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.

    Leach tub, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.

letch

Lecher \Lech"er\, n. [OE. lechur, lechour, OF. lecheor, lecheur, gormand, glutton, libertine, parasite, fr. lechier to lick, F. l['e]cher; of Teutonic origin. See Lick.] A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit sexual relations with women; also called letch and lech.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
letch

"craving, longing," 1796, perhaps a back-formation from lecher, or from a figurative use of latch (v.) in a secondary sense of "grasp, grasp on to."

Wiktionary
letch

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context archaic English) Strong desire; passion. 2 (context informal English) Someone with an overly strong sexual desire. Etymology 2

n. A stream or pool in boggy land. Etymology 3

n. (alternative form of leach English) vb. (alternative form of leach English)

WordNet
letch

n. man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech]

Usage examples of "letch".

Doris has developed a letch for the longest members and chokes herself frequently, apparently to no ill effect.

Letch was short, bald, lardy at the hips, with the muscle tone of a bruised banana.

Having busted Dawn twice when she was a tweak monster on crystal meth, and hearing that she was now, heavy into speedballs, Letch figured she was ripe to roll over on her pimp.

Doris has developed a letch for the longest members and chokes herself frequently, apparently to no ill effect.

The swallowing and the goggling and the fidgeting went on for about a minute and I could see this absolutely terrific letch building up inside him as the powder got to work.