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单词 upon the lee
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(to bring, lay, lie) upon the lee
b. Nautical phrases. †at lee: (a) windbound; (b) under shelter. †(to bring, fall) by the lee: to leeward; also figurative. †(to bring, lay, lie) upon the lee: with sails aback. on, under (the) lee: to leeward = alee adv.
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society > travel > travel by water > [phrase] > windbound
at lee1597
the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > alongside [phrase] > on the sheltered side
beneath, under the lee (of)c1540
on, upon, to (the) leeward (ofc1550
(to bring, fall) by the lee1597
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > aback
at staysa1586
(to bring, lay, lie) upon the lee1597
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 33 The ship on hull, the helme on lee.
1607 J. Marston What you Will ii. i, in Wks. (1856) I. 238 Shoot him through and through with a jest; make him lye by the lee.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bouter vent en penne, to bring a ship vpon the Lee.
a1618 W. Raleigh Apol. Voy. Guiana 7 in Judicious & Sel. Ess. (1650) The Thunder..by the negligence of her Master, was at Lee in the Thames.
1630 J. Taylor Fight at Sea in Wks. iii. 34/2 They..passed from vs to lay their ships by the Lee.
a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts v, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) III. 507/1 The Ship lay upon the Lee; and..the Master called with the Whistle to fill the Sails.
1666 London Gaz. No. 59/2 An Hollands Man of War..whom she fought very bravely, and at last brought by the Lee, but had not Men enough to board her.
1667 London Gaz. No. 120/1 One of them..was so warmly received with a broadside, that he immediately fell by the Lee.
1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 79 A Ship lies by the Lee, that is, has all her sails lying flat against the Masts and Shrouds.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) To leeward, ‘We saw a fleet under the lee’, and, ‘We saw a fleet to-leeward’, are synonimous expressions.
1825 A. Cunningham Wet Sheet & Flowing Sea (song) i Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 171 Yonder her nearest coast fate wills thee to leave on the lee.
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upon the lee
1. singular. Also figurative. Also upon the lee, to drain to the lee. Cf. 2d below. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > deposits
argolc1386
tartarc1386
upon the lee1390
wine-leesc1400
wine-stone1526
fechia1704
white friars1745
beeswing1860
crust of wine1863
wine-crust1872
flor1873
wine ball-
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [noun] > solid matter which falls to bottom of liquid
drega1300
groundsa1340
upon the lee1390
foundersc1450
residence1539
sediment1547
resident1558
precipitate1594
settling1594
precipitation1605
crassament1615
subsistence1622
subsidence1646
sedimen1655
crassamentum1657
deposit1781
sludge1839
ppt1864
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (M.) iii. 895 (I. 309) And thus fuloften have I boght The lie, And drank noght of the wyn.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 32 Whan þe ley is seþin hot, caste þe Pesyn þer-to.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. i. 6 The lye whiche is thordure abideth byneth in the bottom.
1669 C. Merret Some Observ. conc. ordering Wines in W. Charleton Two Disc. 205 The gross Lees settle quickly and also the flying Lee in time.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 338 Which..will both stop the fermentation and precipitate the Lee.
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 135 A Man so smelling of the Peoples Lee.
1709 London Gaz. No. 4512/14 For Sale,..70 Hogsheads of new..Claret upon the Lee neat.
1718 M. Prior Henry & Emma 497 I'll mingle with the people's wretched lee.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 468/1 This cyder..should be rack'd off once at least from its gross lee.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xiii. 194 Sweet though the draught of pleasure be, Why should we drain it to the lee?
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