Lee
[liː] or [li]
Definition
(noun.) the side of something that is sheltered from the wind.
(noun.) American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870).
(noun.) soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818).
(noun.) leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794).
(noun.) United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926).
(noun.) United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973).
(noun.) United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970).
(noun.) United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957).
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Definition
(v. i.) To lie; to speak falsely.
(n.) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
(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 of a mountain, an island, or a ship.
(n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
(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 a vessel.
Checker: Phyllis
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. To leeward (opposed to weather).
n. Leeward, lee side, side sheltered from the wind.
Checker: Norris
Definition
n. (Spens.) a river: also the same as Lea.
n. the quarter toward which the wind blows.—adj. as in Lee′-side the sheltered side of a ship.—ns. Lee′-board a board lowered on the lee-side of a vessel and acting like a keel or centre-board to prevent her from drifting to leeward; Lee′-gage the sheltered or safe side:—opp. to Weather-gage; Lee′-shore the shore opposite to the lee-side of a ship; Lee′-tide a tide running in the same direction as the wind is blowing.—adj. Lee′ward pertaining to or in the direction toward which the wind blows.—adv. toward the lee.—n. Lee′way the distance a ship is driven to leeward of her true course: a falling behind.—Make up leeway to make up for time lost; Under the lee on the side sheltered from the wind under shelter from the wind.
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Examples
- The march, now, had to be made with great caution, for he was approaching Lee's army and nearing the country that still remained open to the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We would then have Lee so surrounded that his supplies would be cut off entirely, making it impossible for him to support his army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Here he manoeuvred to give the impression that we were going to attack the left flank of Lee's army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A little further on, I passed the boy crouching for shelter under the lee of the sand hills. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We stopped under the lee of the lobster-outhouse to exchange an innocent kiss, and went in to breakfast glowing with health and pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When I went into the house I found General Lee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lee had ordered Hill's corps--now commanded by Early--to move by the very road we had marched upon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So far, only our cavalry and the advance of Lee's army were engaged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My purpose was to have him attack Early, or drive him out of the valley and destroy that source of supplies for Lee's army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At all events, soon after light on the 1st of June Anderson, who commanded the corps on Lee's left, was seen moving along Warren's front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In a few minutes he returned and reported that Lee was moving, and that the road we were on would bring us into his lines in a short distance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Every mile he advanced also gave us possession of stores on which Lee relied. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lee got troops back in time to protect his old line, so the assault was unsuccessful. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lee made repeated attempts to dislodge Warren's corps, but without success, and with heavy loss. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Major-General Meade was instructed that Lee's army would be his objective point; that wherever Lee went he would go also. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- O, it is a rich abbey-stede, and they do live upon the fat, and drink the sweet wines upon the lees, these good fathers of Jorvaulx. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They obtained potash from wine lees, soda from sea-plants, and from quicksilver the mercuric ox ide which played so interesting a part in the later history of chemistry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Lord Fife, said I, Sir Harcourt Lees wants to shoot grouse this season, on your estate in the North. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Among these is common tartaric acid--the acid of grape-juice, obtained from wine lees. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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