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lees | leese |

As a noun lees

is the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.

As a verb leese is

to lose.

lees

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(head)
  • (plural only) The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1960
    • , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter X , passage=Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.}}

    Synonyms

    * (sediment) (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (sailing) English plurals

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    leese

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) (only attested in compounds), from Germanic.

    Verb

    (lees)
  • (obsolete) To lose.
  • * Lord Burleigh
    • They would rather leese their friend than their jest.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Verb

    (lees)
  • (obsolete) To release, set free.
  • (obsolete) To loosen, unfasten.