Definition of lee

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Lee (n.) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural..

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Lee :: Lee (n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a..
Leep :: Leep (strong imp.) Leaped.
Windward :: Windward (n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward..
Sallyman :: Sallyman (n.) The velella; -- called also saleeman.
Baleen :: Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth..
Asleep :: Asleep (a. & adv.) In the sleep of the grave; dead.
Slept :: Slept () imp. & p. p. of Sleep.
Lint :: Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics..
Sleepiness :: Sleepiness (n.) The quality or state of being sleepy.
Consopiation :: Consopiation (n.) The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep..
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) See Sleave, untwisted thread..
Sleek :: Sleek (superl.) Not rough or harsh.
Fleece :: Fleece (n.) The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time..
Gleed :: Gleed (v. i.) A live or glowing coal; a glede.
Hypallage :: Hypallage (n.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, dare classibus austros, to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation..
Splenoid :: Splenography (n.) A description of the spleen.
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
Feculence :: Feculence (n.) That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.
Evolution :: Evolution (n.) A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver..
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