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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
A thousand demons lurk within the lee. --Young.
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left
this vault to brag of. --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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["a], 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.
We lurked under lee. --Morte
d'Arthure.
Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall.
2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on
shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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