arch. [OE. lǽcedóm, f. lǽce LEECH sb.1 + -dóm -DOM.] A medicine, remedy.
a. 900. Kentish Glosses, in Wr.-Wülcker, 59/38. Medicinam, lecedom.
c. 900. trans. Bæda’s Hist., IV. xxvi. [xxv.] (1890), 350. Micel wund behofað micles læcedomes.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 111. Mon … unhalne lechnað ȝif he lechedom con.
c. 1200. Ormin, 1851. Drihhtiness hallȝhe læchedom & sawless eȝhesallfe.
1864. Cockayne (title), Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England.
1894. Creighton, in Daily News, 3 Sept., 6/2. A collection of receipts, prescriptions, or leechdoms, for the various injuries.
