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noun
plural of lee2.
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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
Idioms4.
pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.
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by the lee, Nautical. accidentally against what should be the lee side of a sail: Careless steering brought the wind by the lee.
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under the lee, Nautical. to leeward.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English hlēo(w) shelter, cognate with Old Frisian hli, hly, Old Saxon hleo, Old Norse hlé
before 900; Middle English; Old English hlēo(w) shelter, cognate with Old Frisian hli, hly, Old Saxon hleo, Old Norse hlé
noun
1.
Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S.
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Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
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Gypsy Rose (Rose Louise Hovick), 1914–70, U.S. entertainer.
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Harper, born 1926, U.S. novelist.
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Henry (“Light-Horse Harry”), 1756–1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee).
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Richard Henry, 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee).
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Robert E(dward), 1807–70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee).
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Sir Sidney, 1859–1926, English biographer and critic.
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Spike (Shelton Jackson Lee), born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor.
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a town in W Massachusetts: resort. 6247.
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COLLAPSEa male or female given name.
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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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").
EXPANDlees
late 14c., from O.Fr. lies, plural of lie "sediment," probably from Celtic (cf. O.Ir. lige "a bed, a lying"), from PIE base *legh- "to lie" (see lie (v.2)).
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Lees definition
(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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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