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Dreg vs Lee - What's the difference?

dreg | lee |

As a noun dreg

is sediment in a liquid.

As a proper noun lee is

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

dreg

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Sediment in a liquid.
  • By extension, the lowest and most worthless part of something.

    • Usage notes

    This term is usually used in plural: see dregs.

    Quotations

    * 1602?': What makes this pretty abruption? What too curious '''dreg espies my sweet lady in the fountain of our love? — William Shakespeare, ''Troilus and Cressida * 1768':O! be the cup of joy to thee consign'd, / Of joy unmix'd, without a '''dreg behind! — William Hayley, from 'On the Fear of Death, An Epistle to a Lady, 1768', in ''Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects 1818. * 1910': Fear and trauma may drain to the last '''dreg the dischargeable nervous energy, and, therefore, the greatest possible exhaustion may be produced by fear and trauma. George W. Crile. in an address delivered at the Massachusetts General Hospital 15 Oct 1910, collected in ''The Origin and Nature of Emotions

    References

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.048

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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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