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To lie; to speak falsely. |
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That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp.
wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural. |
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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. |
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That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard,
toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a. |
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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. |
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