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Wee vs Lee - What's the difference?

wee | lee |

As a noun wee

is .

As a proper noun lee is

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

wee

English

(wikipedia wee)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (15c).

Adjective

(er)
  • (Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 73:
    • I had not seen a wee' boy do it like that before. He was ' weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
    You looked a little cold so I lit a wee fire.

    References

    * Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

    Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (-)
  • (colloquial, uncountable) urine
  • (colloquial) An act of urination.
    • to have a wee
    Synonyms
    * wee wee * See also * See also

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To urinate.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

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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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