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Lues vs Lees - What's the difference?

lues | lees |

As nouns the difference between lues and lees

is that lues is a plague or disease, especially syphilis while lees is the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.

lues

English

Noun

(-)
  • (dated, medicine) A plague or disease, especially syphilis.
  • * 1819 , (Lord Byron), Don Juan , I:
    • And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is— / Their real lues , or our pseudo-syphilis?
  • * 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1031:
    • There seemed to be no history of lues or any other family illness in the background.

    Derived terms

    * luetic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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

    * ----