The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lee \Lee\, a. (Naut.)
   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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   Lee gauge. See Gauge, n. (Naut.)

   Lee shore, the shore on the lee side of a vessel.

   Lee tide, a tide running in the same direction that the
      wind blows.

   On the lee beam, directly to the leeward; in a line at
      right angles to the length of the vessel and to the
      leeward.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lee \Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i.,
   To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lee \Lee\, n.; pl. Lees (l[=e]z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L. levare
   to lift up, raise. Cf. Lever.]
   That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor
   (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
   [Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.] "The lees of
   wine." --Holland.
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         A thousand demons lurk within the lee.   --Young.
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         The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
         Is left this vault to brag of.           --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lee \Lee\, n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl[=e], akin to AS.
   hle['o], hle['o]w, shelter, protection, OS. hl[`e]o, D. lij
   lee, Sw. l[aum], Dan. l[ae].]
   1. 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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            We lurked under lee.                  --Morte
                                                  d'Arthure.
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            Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall.
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   2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on
      shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
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   By the lee, To bring by the lee. See under By, and
      Bring.

   Under the lee of, on that side which is sheltered from the
      wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Lee
    adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind,
           lee(a)]
    n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of
         black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: Lee, Spike
         Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee]
    2: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway
       in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose
       Louise Hovick]
    3: United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred
       in martial arts films (1941-1973) [syn: Lee, Bruce Lee,
       Lee Yuen Kam]
    4: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with
       Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of
       parity (born in 1926) [syn: Lee, Tsung Dao Lee]
    5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution
       calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
       [syn: Lee, Richard Henry Lee]
    6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: Lee,
       Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee]
    7: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the
       American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: Lee, Robert E. Lee,
       Robert Edward Lee]
    8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn:
       lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]