rare–1. [f. LEECH sb.1 + -ERY.] The art or practice of healing; leechcraft.
[1600. Surflet, Country Farm, I. xxviii. 196, marg. The horseleacherie of P. Vegetius.
1688. [see HORSE-LEECHERY.]
1892. C. M. Andrews, Old Eng. Manor, v. 256. The Anglo-Saxon ‘wyrt’ … included not only herbs … but flowers and vegetables, shrubs and trees, and their importance in Saxon leechery is well attested.
