5 entries under this word
n.; pl. LEES. [Fr. lie, Pr. lhia, Sp. & Pg. lia, from Lat. levare, to lift up, raise, as Ger. hefen, lees, from heben, to lift. It is chiefly used in the plural.] The coarser parts of a liquor, which settle at its bottom; sediment; dregs; — commonly in the plural. [Written also in the singular lees.]
His full draught of pleasure from a cask . . . A thousand demons lurk within the lee. Young.
n. [Prov. Eng. lew, Scot. le, lie, lee, lye, Dan. & Sw. lü, D. ly, luw, Fries. hli, Icel. hlie, O. Sax. hleo, A-S. hleo, hleow, shelter, refuge, shade; Icel. hlif, scutum, Goth. hlijin, a tent.] (Naut.) A calm or sheltered place; a place defended from the wind; hence, that part of the hemisphere toward which the wind blows, as opposed to that from which it proceeds.
By the lee (Naut.), having changed the direction of the course so much that the wind takes the sails aback from the other side; — said of a vessel. — Under the lee of (Naut.), on that side which is sheltered from the wind; on the side opposite to that against which the wind blows; protected from the wind by; as, to be under the lee of a ship, or of the land.
n. 1. The same as LEA, q. v. 2. The same as LYE, q. v.
v. i. To lie. [Obs.] See LIE.
(Naut.) Of, or pertaining to, the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; — opposed to weather; as, the lee side of a vessel.
Lee board, a frame of plank affixed to the side of a flat-bottomed vessel, to prevent it from falling to leeward when close-hauled. — Lee gage, a greater distance from the point whence the wind blows than another vessel has. — Lee lurch, a sudden and violent roll of a ship to leeward in a high sea. — Lee shore, the shore under the lee of a ship, or that toward which the wind blows. — Lee side, the side of a ship or boat furthest from the point whence the wind blows. — 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. — Tide under the lee, a stream or tide running in an opposite direction to the wind.