LEE  . (I) (In O . Eng. hleo; cf. the See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation Cew-See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward of " leeward "; the word appears in several See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages; cf . Dutch lij, See also:

• DAN

Dan. See also:

• LAC

lac), properly a shelter or See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, chiefly used as a nautical See also:

• TERM

term for that See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of a See also:

• SHIP

ship, See also:

• LAND

land, &c., which is farthest from the See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind, hence a " lee See also:

• SHORE

shore," land under the lee of a ship, i.e. one on which the wind blows directly and which is unsheltered . A ship is said to make " leeway " when she drifts laterally away from her course . (2) A word now always used in the plural " lees," meaning dregs, sediment, particularly of See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . It comes through the O . Fr. See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie from a Gaulish See also:

• LAT

Lat. lia, and is probably of See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic origin .