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LEE . (I) (In O . Eng. hleo; cf. the pronunciation Cew-See also: ward of " leeward "; the word appears in several Teutonic
See also: languages; cf
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Dutch lij, See also: Dan. See also: lac), properly a shelter or See also: protection, chiefly used as a nautical See also: term for that See also: side of a See also: ship, See also: land, &c., which is farthest from the See also: wind, hence a " lee See also: shore," land under the lee of a ship, i.e. one on which the wind blows directly and which is unsheltered
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A ship is said to make " leeway " when she drifts laterally away from her course
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(2) A word now always used in the plural " lees," meaning dregs, sediment, particularly of See also: wine
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It comes through the O
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Fr. lie from a Gaulish See also: Lat. lia, and is probably of See also: Celtic origin
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