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Webster 1913 Edition

Lee

Lee

(lē)
,
Verb.
I.
,
To lie; to speak falsely.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Lee

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Lees
(lēz)
.
[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.
A thousand demons lurk within the
lee
.
Young.
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere
lees

Is left this vault to brag of.
Shakespeare

Lee

,
Noun.
[OE.
lee
shelter, Icel.
hlē
, akin to AS.
hleó
,
hleów
, shelter, protection, OS.
hlèo
, D.
lij
lee, Sw.
lä
, Dan.
læ
.]
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
.
We lurked under
lee
.
Morte d’Arthure.
Desiring me to take shelter in his
lee
.
Tyndall.
2.
(Naut.)
That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See
Lee
,
Adj.
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
.

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
,
Noun.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lee

LEE

,
Noun.
plu.
less. Dregs; sediment. [See Lees.]

LEE

, n.
Literally, a calm or sheltered place, a place defended from the wind; hence, that part of the hemisphers towards which the wind blows, as opposed to that from which it proceeds.
Under the lee, denotes properly, in the part defended from the wind.
Under the lee of the land, is properly, near the shore which breaks the force of the wind.
Under the lee of a ship, on the side opposite to that on which the wind blows.

LEE

,
Verb.
I.
To lie. [Not used. See Lie.]

Definition 2024

leé

leé

See also: lee, Lee, l'ee, and le'e

Spanish

Verb

leé

  1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of leer.

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