lees

[leez] /liz/
noun
1.
plural of lee2 .

lee1

[lee] /li/
noun
1.
protective shelter:
The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm.
2.
the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind:
We erected our huts under the lee of the mountain.
3.
Chiefly Nautical. the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
adjective
4.
pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.
Idioms
5.
by the lee, Nautical. accidentally against what should be the lee side of a sail:
Careless steering brought the wind by the lee.
6.
under the lee, Nautical. to leeward.
Origin
before 900; Middle English; Old English hlēo(w) shelter, cognate with Old Frisian hli, hly, Old Saxon hleo, Old Norse hlé

lee2

[lee] /li/
noun
1.
Usually, lees. the insoluble matter that settles from a liquid, especially from wine; sediment; dregs.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English lie < Middle French < Medieval Latin lia, probably < Gaulish *lig(j)a; compare Old Irish lige bed, akin to Old English gelege bed. See lie2

Lee

[lee] /li/
noun
1.
Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S.
2.
Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
3.
Doris Emrick [em-rik] /ˈɛm rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1905–1986, U.S. painter.
4.
Fitzhugh
[fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo,, fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo] /ˈfɪtsˌhyu or, often, -ˌyu,, fɪtsˈhyu or, often, -ˈyu/ (Show IPA), 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee).
5.
Francis Lightfoot
[lahyt-foo t] /ˈlaɪtˌfʊt/ (Show IPA), 1734–97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee).
6.
Gypsy Rose (Rose Louise Hovick) 1914–70, U.S. entertainer.
7.
Harper, born 1926, U.S. novelist.
8.
Henry ("Light-Horse Harry") 1756–1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee).
9.
Kuan Yew
[kwahn yoo] /kwɑn yu/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90.
10.
Manfred Bennington
[man-frid] /ˈmæn frɪd/ (Show IPA), ("Ellery Queen") 1905–71, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Frederic Dannay.
11.
Richard Henry, 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee).
12.
Robert E(dward) 1807–70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee).
13.
Sir Sidney, 1859–1926, English biographer and critic.
14.
Spike (Shelton Jackson Lee) born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor.
15.
Tsung-Dao
[dzoo ng-dou] /ˈdzʊŋˈdaʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1926, Chinese physicist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1957.
16.
a town in W Massachusetts: resort.
17.
a male or female given name.
British Dictionary definitions for lees

lees

/liːz/
plural noun
1.
the sediment from an alcoholic drink
Word Origin
C14: plural of obsolete lee, from Old French, probably from Celtic; compare Irish lige bed

lee

/liː/
noun
1.
a sheltered part or side; the side away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
2.
(nautical) by the lee, so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
3.
(nautical) under the lee, towards the lee
adjective
4.
(prenominal) (nautical) on, at, or towards the side or part away from the wind: on a lee shore Compare weather (sense 5)
Word Origin
Old English hlēow shelter; related to Old Norse hle

Lee1

/liː/
noun
1.
a river in SW Republic of Ireland, flowing east into Cork Harbour. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

Lee2

/liː/
noun
1.
Ang (æŋ). born 1954, Taiwanese film director; his films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and Life of Pi (2012)
2.
Bruce, original name Lee Yuen Kam. 1940–73, US film actor and kung fu expert who starred in such films as Enter the Dragon (1973)
3.
Gypsy Rose, original name Rose Louise Hovick. 1914–70, US striptease and burlesque artiste, who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies (1936) and in films
4.
Laurie (ˈlɒrɪ). 1914–97, British poet and writer, best known for the autobiographical Cider with Rosie (1959)
5.
Richard Henry. 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman, who moved the resolution in favour of American independence (1776)
6.
Robert E(dward). 1807–70, American general; commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies in the Civil War
7.
Spike, real name Shelton Jackson Lee. born 1957, US film director: his films include She's Gotta Have It (1985), Malcolm X (1992), and the documentary When the Leeves Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2008)
8.
T(sung)-D(ao) (tsuːŋ daʊ). born 1926, US physicist, born in China. With Yang he disproved the principle that that parity is always conserved and shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1957
Word Origin and History for lees
n.

late 14c., from Old French lies, plural of lie "sediment," probably from Celtic (cf. Old Irish lige "a bed, a lying"), from PIE root *legh- "to lie" (see lie (v.2)).

lee

n.

Old English hleo "shelter, cover, defense, protection," from Proto-Germanic *khlewaz (cf. Old Norse hle, Danish læ, Old Saxon hleo, Dutch lij "lee, shelter"). No known cognates outside Germanic; original sense uncertain and might have been "warm" (cf. German lau "tepid," Old Norse hly "shelter, warmth"), which might link it to PIE *kele- (1) "warm." As an adjective, 1510s, from the noun.

lees in the Bible

(Heb. shemarim), from a word meaning to keep or preserve. It was applied to "lees" from the custom of allowing wine to stand on the lees that it might thereby be better preserved (Isa. 25:6). "Men settled on their lees" (Zeph. 1:12) are men "hardened or crusted." The image is derived from the crust formed at the bottom of wines long left undisturbed (Jer. 48:11). The effect of wealthy undisturbed ease on the ungodly is hardening. They become stupidly secure (comp. Ps. 55:19; Amos 6:1). To drink the lees (Ps. 75:8) denotes severe suffering.