lee

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Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Lyélé.

Noun

1. A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
2. The side of the ship away from the wind.
3. A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
   • the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
4. Calm, peace.

Adjective

1. Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
   • lee side, lee shore, lee helm

Noun

1. Lees; dregs.

Noun

1. Obsolete form of li (“traditional Chinese unit of distance”).

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