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noun

Lee n. (pl. lees) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; used now only in the plural. (Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.) "The lees of wine." "A thousand demons lurk within the lee." "The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of."

Lee n.

A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship. "We lurked under lee." "Desiring me to take shelter in his lee."

(Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.

By the lee, To bring by the lee. See under By, and Bring.

Under the lee of, on that side which is sheltered from the wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship.

verb

Lee v. i. To lie; to speak falsely. (Obs.)

adjective

Lee adj. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.

Lee gauge. See Gauge, n. (Naut.)

Lee shore, the shore on the lee side of a vessel.

Lee tide, a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows.

On the lee beam, directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward.

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... only the Bretons at Chilham Castle, besides a Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and a Miss Lee staying in the house, and were only fourteen altogether. My brother and Fanny thought it the pleasantest party they had ever known there, and I was very well entertained by ...

— Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record • William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

... came to market-gardens, and then to vineyards, olive-orchards, farms. Rows of bright-green poplars and of dark-green cypress—set up as shields against the mistral—made formal lines across the landscape from east to west. The hedges on the lee-side of the road were white with dust—a lace-like effect, curious and beautiful. Above them, and between the trees, we caught glimpses of Mont Ventour—already beginning to glow like a great opal in the nearly level sun-rays. Old women and children stood in the gateways staring ...

— The Christmas Kalends of Provence - And Some Other Provencal Festivals • Thomas A. Janvier

... endowed him with a spirit and animation that enabled him to exhibit them to every advantage. He sang like a veritable Orpheus, and sensitive women had been known to faint under the excitement of his Moo-lee-wha, or national song. He even danced,—a most rare faculty in Pekin, as in all China,—but this was frowned upon, as immoral, by his family. Comely indeed he was, especially on state occasions, when he appeared in all the radiance of rosy health, overflowing ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, No. 20, June, 1859 • Various

... said the captain; "Harvey will hang on under the lee of the whale even if it does come on to blow harder, and ...

— Peter Trawl - The Adventures of a Whaler • W. H. G. Kingston

... bare poles; that he might possibly be brought to his shirt and pantaloons, but as for giving up these, he would as soon think of cutting the sheet-anchor off his bows, with the vessel driving on a lee-shore; that flesh and blood were flesh and blood, and they liked their comfort; that he should think the whole time he was about to go in a-swimming, and should be looking about for a good place to dive"; ...

— The Monikins • J. Fenimore Cooper

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