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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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American Tract Society
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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• Arthur Lee
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• Follen, Mrs. Eliza Lee
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Lee, Robert
• Lee, Robert Edward
• Lee, Samuel
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Lee, Sidney
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(r) (In O. Eng. hleo; cf. the pronunciation lew-ward of "leeward"; the word appears in several Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch lij, Dan. lae), properly a shelter or protection, chiefly used as a nautical term for that side of a ship, land, &c., which is farthest from the wind, hence a "lee shore," land under the lee of a ship, i.e. one on which the wind blows directly and which is unsheltered. A ship is said to make "leeway" when she drifts laterally away from her course. (2) A word now always used in the plural "lees," meaning dregs, sediment, particularly of wine. It comes through the O. Fr. lie from a Gaulish Lat. Ha, and is probably of Celtic origin.