What does the word leek mean?
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Usage examples for leek
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It
has
sometimes
very
happily,
though
rarely,
occurred,
that
those
Substances
attempted
to
be
detruded
or
thrust
downwards,
have
stuck
in
the
Wax-
Candle,
or
the
Leek,
and
sprung
up
and
out
with
them:
but
this
can
never
happen
except
in
the
Case
of
pointed
Substances.
– Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Samuel Auguste David Tissot
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In
size
it
very
closely
corresponds
to
the
better
known
tomb,
while
its
columns
of
dark
green
alabaster,
its
door-
lintel
of
leek-
green
marble,
and
the
slabs
of
red
marble
which
closed
the
relieving
triangle
above
the
door
show
that
it
had
been
not
less
magnificent
than
its
neighbour.
– The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie