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lees (n.)
"dregs, sediment of wine or any liquor," late 14c., from Old French
lies
, plural of
lie
"dregs, sediment," which is probably from Celtic
*leg-ya-
(compare Old Irish
lige
"a bed, a lying"), from PIE root
*legh-
"to lie" (see
lie
(v.2)).
