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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