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[lee] 
–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
—Idioms| 4. | pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee. |
| 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:
bef. 900; ME; OE hlēo(w) shelter, c. OFris hli, hly, OS hleo, ON hlé
bef. 900; ME; OE hlēo(w) shelter, c. OFris hli, hly, OS hleo, ON hlé
Lee
[lee] –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 Em⋅rick [em-rik] , 1905–1986, U.S. painter. |
| 4. | Fitz⋅hugh [fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo; fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo] , 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee). |
| 5. | Francis Light⋅foot [lahyt-foot] , 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] , born 1923, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90. |
| 10. | Man⋅fred Bennington [man-frid] , (“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 [dzoong-dou] , born 1926, Chinese physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1957. |
| 16. | a town in W Massachusetts: resort. 6247. |
| 17. | a male or female given name. |
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| lee (lē) n.
[Middle English le, from Old English hlēo, shelter, protection; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| Lee (lē) British religious leader and founder (1776) of the Shakers in America. |
| Lee, Charles 1731-1782. British-born American Revolutionary general whose performance at the Battle of Monmouth (1778), when he ordered a retreat instead of attacking, brought about his court-martial and dismissal. |
| Lee, Gypsy Rose 1914-1970. American burlesque entertainer who also wrote best-selling mystery novels, including The G-String Murders (1941). |
| Lee, Henry Known as "Light Horse Harry." 1756-1818. American Revolutionary politician and soldier. He served in the Virginia legislature (1785-1788 and 1789-1791) and as governor of Virginia (1792-1795). |
| Lee, Kwan Yew Born 1923. Singaporean lawyer. Upon negotiating Singapore's independence from Great Britain, he became the republic's first prime minister (1959-1990). |
| Lee, (Nelle) American writer. Her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), dealing with racial injustice in the South, won a Pulitzer Prize. |
| Lee, Richard Henry 1732-1794. American Revolutionary leader who proposed the resolution calling for the independence of the American colonies from England (1776). |
| Lee, Robert Edward 1807-1870. American Confederate general in the Civil War. He won victories at Bull Run (1862), Fredericksburg (1862), and Chancellorsville (1863) before surrendering to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox (1865). |
| Lee, Shelton Jackson Known as "Spike." Born 1957. American director, screenwriter, and actor whose films, including Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992), explore American racism. |
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Lee
Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i., To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Lee
Lee\, n.; pl. Lees (l[=e]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. 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. --Shak.Lee
Lee\, n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl[=e], akin to AS. hle['o], hle['o]w, shelter, protection, OS. hl[`e]o, D. lij lee, Sw. l["a], Dan. l[ae].]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, a. 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
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. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : lee
Spanish:
abrigo, sotavento, socaire,
German:
windgeschützte Seite, Lee,
Japanese:
風の当たらない側
lee
O.E. hleo "shelter," from P.Gmc. *khlewo- (cf. O.N. hle, Dan. læ, Du. lij "lee, shelter"); no known cognates outside Gmc.; original sense uncertain and may have been "warm" (cf. Ger. lau "tepid," O.N. hly "shelter, warmth"). Leeward is 1666, "situated away from the wind," opposite of the weather side of the ship; leeway (1669) is sideways drift of a ship caused by wind.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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