Definition of "lees"

lees¹

noun
plural only
1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
  Quotations
  Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.
  1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 7
  Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.
  1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X

lees²

noun
1. plural of lee

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