What is the meaning of LEE. Phrases containing LEE
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A shore downwind of a ship. A sailing ship which cannot sail well to windward risks being blown onto a lee shore and grounded.
The amount that a ship is blown leeward by the wind.
Starvin'. I'm Lee Marvin... if you're really hungry you could say, "I'm Hank, and his brother Lee". Lee Marvin was an American actor. See other entry for starvin' (Hank Marvin). And no - they're not related.
Leech off is slang for to behave like a parasite.
Leery is slang for wary, suspicious, shy, cautious. Leery is British slang for alert, clever.Leery is British slang for bad tempered.Leery is British slang for untrustworthy, devious, cunning.
Lee Van Cleef is London Cockney rhyming slang for beef.
Lee Marvin is London Cockney rhyming slang for starving.
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n.
One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.
n.
Alt. of Leede
n.
The lee side; the lee.
n.
A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held.
imp. & p. p.
of Leer
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Leer
n.
The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
a.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.
v. t.
To bleed by the use of leeches.
v. i.
To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
adv.
In a leering manner.
n.
A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Leech
adv.
Toward the lee.
pl.
of Leetman
a.
Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
v. t.
To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
n. pl.
Dregs. See 2d Lee.
v. t.
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
a.
Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.
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