Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   {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.

Lee \Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i.,
   To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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.

         A thousand demons lurk within the lee.   --Young.

         The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left
         this vault to brag of.                   --Shak.

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["a], 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.

            We lurked under lee.                  --Morte
                                                  d'Arthure.

            Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall.

   2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on
      shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See {Lee}, a.

   {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.

Source : WordNet®

Lee
     n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of
          Black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: {Spike Lee},
           {Shelton Jackson Lee}]
     2: United States striptease artist who became famous on
        Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: {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: {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: {Tsung Dao Lee}]
     5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the
        resolution calling for independence of the American
        colonies (1732-1794) [syn: {Richard Henry Lee}]
     6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: {Henry
        Lee}, {Lighthorse Harry Lee}]
     7: American general who led the Confederate armies in the
        American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: {Robert E. Lee}, {Robert
        Edward Lee}]
     8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn:
        {lee side}, {leeward}]