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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Lee

/(lē)/ · IPA /liː/
01 v. i. To lie; to speak falsely.
  1. 1.
    To lie; to speak falsely.[Obs.]
02 n. That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
pl. Lees ((lēz))
  1. 1.
    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.]
    “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.
03 n. A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee…
  1. 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. 2.
    That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.(Naut.) See: Lee
Phrases & compounds
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.
04 a. 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 …
  1. 1.
    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.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Lee gauge — See Gauge, n.
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.