From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lees \Lees\ (l[=e]z), n. pl.
Dregs. See 2d Lee.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lees \Lees\ (l[=e]s), n.
A leash. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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