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Lees

//liːz// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable
  2. 2
    plural of Lee form-of, plural
  3. 3
    A placename:; A village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2637). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9504). countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. plural, plural-only

    "Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being."

  2. 2
    plural of lee form-of, plural
  3. 3
    the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage wordnet

Etymology

From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

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