Lees

lez. That which settles at the bottom of a cask of liquor (esp. wine), etc.; sediment; dregs. Lee, le, n. (Naut.) A place defended from the wind; that side of an object which is protected from the wind by the object itself; that quarter toward which the wind blows, — opp. to that whence it proceeds. — a. Of, or pert, to, the side opposite to that against which the wind blows. — Lee'ward, loo'erd, a. Pert. to. or in the direction of, the part away fr. the wind. — adv. Toward the lee. — Lee'way, le/'wa, n. The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course, or the angle which the line of her way makes with her keel; drift. Leech, lech, n. A physician. (Zo'61.) An aquatic sucking worm, used for the local abstraction of blood; blood-sucker. — v. t. To treat with medicine; heal; to bleed by means of leeches. Leech, lech, n. (Naut.) The border of a sail at the sides. Leek, lek, n. A plant of the Leek. onion family, having an ob- (Allium porrum.) long, edible bulb. Leer, ler, [leered (lerd), leering.] To look sun, cabe, full; moon, to"6t; cow, oil to obliquely; to cast a lingering, sidelong look, expre ive of lust, hatred, etc. — n. A sidelong luBtful or malign look; arch or affected look. Lees. _See Lee, sediment.