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Hee vs Lee - What's the difference?

hee | lee |

As a noun hee

is hay.

As a proper noun lee is

for someone who lived near a meadow (the anglo-saxon for meadow being ley or leag).

hee

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) An expression of laughter

    • Related terms

    * haw * hee-hee

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • * 1667 — Book XI
    • He ended, and the Son gave signal high
    To the bright Minister that watchd, hee blew
    His Trumpet
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    lee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
  • (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
  • A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
    • the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
  • * Morte d'Arthure
    • We lurked under lee .
  • * Tyndall
    • Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .

    Derived terms

    * alee * leeward * leeway

    See also

    * lees

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