From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lee
adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind,
{lee(a)}]
n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of
black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: Lee, {Spike
Lee}, Shelton Jackson Lee]
2: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway
in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, {Rose
Louise Hovick}]
3: United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred
in martial arts films (1941-1973) [syn: Lee, Bruce Lee,
Lee Yuen Kam]
4: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with
Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of
parity (born in 1926) [syn: Lee, Tsung Dao Lee]
5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution
calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
[syn: Lee, Richard Henry Lee]
6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: Lee,
Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee]
7: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the
American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: Lee, Robert E. Lee,
Robert Edward Lee]
8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn:
lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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[aum], 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.
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We lurked under lee. --Morte
d'Arthure.
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Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall.
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2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on
shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lee \Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i.,
To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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