(See quots.)
1805. Luccock, Nat. Wool, 15. The part of the staple through which the shears passed to separate it from the sheep (and which is commonly called the leech of the fleece). Ibid., 310. In some instances a quantity of dirt is concealed by the custom of winding fleeces with the leech outwards.
1892. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Suppl., Leech, the technical name for a bundle or small parcel of human hair.
