[lee] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
[lee] | 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. |
| lee (lē) n.
[Middle English le, from Old English hlēo, shelter, protection; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| lees (lēz) pl.n. Sediment settling during fermentation, especially in wine; dregs. [Middle English lies, pl. of lie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lia, probably of Celtic origin; see legh- in Indo-European roots.] |
Lees
(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.
