lees
51lees — noun The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. Syn: dregs See Also: lie …
52lees — Synonyms and related words: alluvion, alluvium, ash, bones, chaff, cinder, clinker, culm, deadwood, deposition, deposits, diluvium, dishwater, draff, dregs, dross, dust, ember, feces, filings, froth, garbage, gash, grounds, hogwash, husks,… …
53lees — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. remains, deposit, dregs; see residue , sediment . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Matter that settles on a bottom or collects on a surface by a natural process: deposit, dreg (often used in plural), precipitate,… …
54lees — adj. == bad, wicked. Wright’s L. P. pp. 42, 49 == false [les]. Pol. S. 214; pl. ‘leses,’ false persons. Ps. lxxxi. 4. AS. leas sb. == falsehood. Alys. 5790 …
55lees — lɪËz n. dregs, sediment or particles which settle at the bottom of fermented wine or other liquor lÉªË n. shelter; side protected from the wind, side opposite the wind (Nautical) adj. of the side which is sheltered from the wind (Nautical) …
56lees — else …
57lees — plural noun the sediment of wine in the barrel; dregs. Origin ME: plural of obs. lee in the same sense, from OFr. lie, from med. L. liae (plural), of Gaulish origin …
58lees — n. pl. Dregs, sediment, settlings, precipitate, dunder …
59lees — UK [liːz] / US [lɪz] noun [plural] the thick substance that forms at the bottom of a bottle of wine …
60lees — [[t]liz[/t]] n. vin pl. of lee II …
