Definition of lee

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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..

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Soporate :: Soporate (v. t.) To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy.
On :: On (prep.) In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on..
Little :: Little (a.) Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep..
Dormitive :: Dormitive (a.) Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium..
Hypnagogic :: Hypnagogic (a.) Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.
Aweather :: Aweather (adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!.
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..
Oversleep :: Oversleep (v. t.) To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising..
Morphean :: Morphean (a.) Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep..
Lees :: Lees (n. pl.) Dregs. See 2d Lee.
Allium :: Allium (n.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc..
Bdelloidea :: Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.
Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London..
Snore :: Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep..
Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.
Hypnogenic :: Hypnogenic (a.) Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep..
Lardacein :: Lardacein (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc..
Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..
Sleek :: Sleek (adv.) With ease and dexterity.
Jubilee :: Jubilee (n.) A season of general joy.
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