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Definitions for: Lee
[n] the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
[n] American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
[n] American Revolutionary soldier (1756-1818)
[n] American Revolutionary leader who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794)
[n] United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)
[n] United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
[n] United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
[n] United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of Black American culture (born in 1957)
Webster (1913) Definition: Lee (l[=e]), v. i.,
To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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.
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.
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.
Synonyms: Bruce Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Henry Lee, lee side, Lee Yuen Kam, leeward, Lighthorse Harry Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Robert E Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Rose Louise Hovick, Shelton Jackson Lee, Spike Lee, Tsung Dao Lee
See Also: actor, American Revolutionary leader, ecdysiast, exotic dancer, face, film maker, film producer, filmmaker, full general, general, histrion, movie maker, nuclear physicist, peeler, player, role player, side, soldier, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, thespian
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