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lees

noun
/liːz/

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 (down)”). Doublet of lias; also related to Loire and Leicester.

  1. derived from *legʰ-✻
  2. derived from *legyā✻
  3. derived from *ligyā✻
  4. derived from lias
  5. derived from lies

Definitions

  1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and…

    The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.

    • Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.
    • Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.

  2. plural of lee

  3. A surname.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A placename

      A placename:

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lees. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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