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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.
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{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.
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Lee \Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i.,
To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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.
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A thousand demons lurk within the lee. --Young.
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The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of. --Shak.
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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.
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We lurked under lee. --Morte
d'Arthure.
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Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall.
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2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on
shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See {Lee}, a.
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{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.
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