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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] Leeangle From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Lee \Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i., To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] A thousand demons lurk within the lee. --Young. [1913 Webster] The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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[aum], 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. [1913 Webster] We lurked under lee. --Morte d'Arthure. [1913 Webster] Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See {Lee}, a. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: Lee adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: {downwind}, {lee(a)}] n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: {Lee}, {Spike Lee}, {Shelton Jackson Lee}] 2: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: {Lee}, {Gypsy Rose Lee}, {Rose Louise Hovick}] 3: United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973) [syn: {Lee}, {Bruce Lee}, {Lee Yuen Kam}] 4: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926) [syn: {Lee}, {Tsung Dao Lee}] 5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794) [syn: {Lee}, {Richard Henry Lee}] 6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: {Lee}, {Henry Lee}, {Lighthorse Harry Lee}] 7: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: {Lee}, {Robert E. Lee}, {Robert Edward Lee}] 8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn: {lee}, {lee side}, {leeward}] [ant: {windward}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Lee /leː/ lee