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lee

1  [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
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.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hlēo(w) shelter, c. OFris hli, hly, OS hleo, ON hlé

lee

2  [lee]
–noun
Usually, lees. the insoluble matter that settles from a liquid, esp. from wine; sediment; dregs.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME lie < MF < ML lia, prob. < Gaulish *lig(j)a; cf. OIr lige bed, akin to OE gelege bed. See lie 2

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.  

  1. Nautical The side away from the direction from which the wind blows.

  2. An area sheltered from the wind: in the lee of the boulder.

  3. Cover; shelter.

adj.  

  1. Nautical Of or relating to the side sheltered from the wind: the lee gunwale.

  2. Located in or facing the path of an oncoming glacier. Used of a geologic formation.


[Middle English le, from Old English hlēo, shelter, protection; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

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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