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lee (l<emac/), v. i., To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
| lee | (l<emac/), v. i.,
To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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| lee | , n.; pl. Lees (l<emac/z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L. levare to lift up, raise. Cf. Lever.]
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. Holland.
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-A thousand demons lurk within the lee. Young.
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-The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees |
| lee | , n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl<emac/, akin to AS. hle, hlew, shelter, protection, OS. hlo, D. lij lee, Sw. l, Dan. l.] 1.
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.
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-We lurked under lee. Morte d'Arthure.
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-Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. Tyndall.
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2. (Naut.)
That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
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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.
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| lee | , a. (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.
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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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{ Lee"an`gle, Li"an`gle } (?), n. [From native name.]
A heavy weapon of the Australian aborigines with a sharp-pointed end, about nine inches in length, projecting at right angles from the main part.
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