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