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Lee

noun
(pl. lees)
1.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957).  Synonyms: Shelton Jackson Lee, Spike Lee.
2.
United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970).  Synonyms: 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).  Synonyms: 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).  Synonym: Tsung Dao Lee.
5.
Leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794).  Synonym: Richard Henry Lee.
6.
Soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818).  Synonyms: Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee.
7.
American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870).  Synonyms: Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee.
8.
The side of something that is sheltered from the wind.  Synonyms: lee side, leeward.
adjective
1.
Towards the side away from the wind.  Synonym: downwind.



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"Lee" Quotes from Famous Books



... the bar if such a person had been there. To my great surprise, a young woman—girl would be a better word, for she could not be more than seventeen, or at the utmost eighteen years old—whom I had noticed on the outside of the coach, was just asking if one Dr Lee was expected. This was precisely the individual who was to meet me, and I looked with some curiosity at the inquirer. She was a coarsely, but neatly attired person, of a pretty figure, interesting, but dejected cast of features, and with large, dark, sorrowing eyes. Thoughtfulness ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 - Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 • Various

... plan by which rising trout may be taken—namely, by baiting with a small red worm and casting as in fly-fishing. But that is so hard on the worm! Probably he who can catch trout with fly on the Tweed between Melrose and Holy Lee can catch them anywhere. On a good day in April great baskets are still made in preserved parts of the Tweed, but, if they are made in open water, it must be, I fancy, with worm, or with the "screw," the lava of the May- fly. ...
— Angling Sketches • Andrew Lang

... that they possess not souls so elevated as Shakespeare's. What can be more beautiful than the flowing enchantments of Rowe; the delicate and tender touches of Otway and Southern, or the melting enthusiasm of Lee and Dryden, but yet none of their pieces have affected the human heart ...
— The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) - Volume I. • Theophilus Cibber

... at its height, Eben sought shelter in the lee of the cabin. This afforded him some protection, and from here he watched anxiously to see how the boat would bear herself. During vivid flashes of lightning the whole country around became illuminated, and he glanced occasionally toward the shore upon his ...
— Jess of the Rebel Trail • H. A. Cody

... distance apart, but none of the boats were visible to us sitting down. I ought to have told Medley, who, having his eye on the whale ahead, did not remark the change in the weather. "If we kill the whale we shall be able to lie made fast under its lee, even should it come on to blow, till the 'Eagle' can come and pick us up," I thought. The whale, after remaining so long under water, took a proportionate time to spout on the surface. We were close to it. Medley, making a sign to the ...
— The Two Whalers - Adventures in the Pacific • W.H.G. Kingston


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