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LEE . (I) (In O. Eng. hleo; cf. the See also:pronunciation Cew-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward of " leeward "; the word appears in several See also:Teutonic See also:languages; cf. Dutch lij, See also:Dan. See also:lac), properly a shelter or See also:protection, chiefly used as a nautical See also:term for that See also:side of a See also:ship, See also:land, &c., which is farthest from the See also:wind, hence a " lee See also:shore," land under the lee of a ship, i.e. one on which the wind blows directly and which is unsheltered. A ship is said to make " leeway " when she drifts laterally away from her course. (2) A word now always used in the plural " lees," meaning dregs, sediment, particularly of See also:wine. It comes through the O. Fr. See also:lie from a Gaulish See also:Lat. lia, and is probably of See also:Celtic origin.
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