Lees
[liːz] or [liz]
Definition
(noun.) the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
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Definition
(pl. ) of Lee
(n. pl.) Dregs. See 2d Lee.
(n.) A leash.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Dregs, sediment, settlings, precipitate, DUNDER.
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Definition
n.pl. sediment or dregs that settle at the bottom of liquor.
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Examples
- 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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