adv. [ Pref. a- + lee. ] (Naut.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hard alee, or
Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. appelé, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare. ] (Law) (a) The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant. (b) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. baillé, p. p. of bailler. See Bail to deliver. ] (Law) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prop. n. The language spoken in Bengal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bleó, bleóh. ] Complexion; color; hue; likeness; form. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For him which is so bright of blee. Lament. of Mary Magd. [ 1913 Webster ]

That boy has a strong blee of his father. Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The redshank. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A claw. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. coulée, fr. couler to run or flow. ] A stream; (Geol.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a cañon, which has precipitous sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ etc. } an anniversary celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the event commemorated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖a. [ F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth. ] (Her.) Same as Engouled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one who is enrolled, especially a learner who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fled p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeing. ] [ OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fleón (imperf. fleáh); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl&ymacr_;ja (imperf. fl&ymacr_;ði), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. þliuhan. √84. Cf. Flight. ] To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flee fornication. 1 Cor. vi. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

So fled his enemies my warlike father. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost speed. “Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?” Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Supposed to have been so termed in allusion to the scriptural “Galilee of the Gentiles.” cf. OF. galilée. ] (Arch.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gle, gleo, AS. gleów, gleó, akin to Icel. gl&ymacr_;: cf. Gr. &unr_; joke, jest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. jubilé, L. jubilaeus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. Heb. yōbel the blast of a trumpet, also the grand sabbatical year, which was announced by sound of trumpet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Jewish Hist.) Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners. [ In this sense spelled also, in some English Bibles, jubile. ] Lev. xxv. 8-17. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence granted by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A season of general joy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The town was all a jubilee of feasts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A state of joy or exultation. [ R. ] “In the jubilee of his spirits.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i., To lie; to speak falsely. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Lees [ F. lie, perh. fr. L. levare to lift up, raise. Cf. Lever. ] That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural. [ Lees occurs also as a form of the singular. ] “The lees of wine.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thousand demons lurk within the lee. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lee shelter, Icel. hlē, akin to AS. hleó, hleów, shelter, protection, OS. hlèo, D. lij lee, Sw. lä, Dan. læ. ] 1. A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

We lurked under lee. Morte d'Arthure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the lee,
To bring by the lee. See under By, and Bring. --
Under the lee of, on that side which is sheltered from the wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lee gauge. See Gauge, n. (Naut.) --
Lee shore, the shore on the lee side of a vessel. --
Lee tide, a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows. --
On the lee beam, directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) (a) The party against whom a libel has been filed; -- corresponding to defendant in a common law action. (b) The defendant in an action of libel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Native name. ] 1. (Bot.) A dwarf Australian eucalypt with a number of thin stems springing from a thickened stock. The most common species are Eucalyptus dumosa and Eucalyptus Gracilis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Scrub or thicket formed by the mallee. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. mêler to mix. See Meddle, Mell, and cf. Mellay. ] 1. A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume; -- sometimes called Balaklava mêlée. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army. [ Written also skilligolee, skillygalee, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Slay. ] To slay. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. soufflé, p. p. of souffler to puff. ] 1. (Ceramics) Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of color, as if blown from a bellows. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Cookery) Often ‖. Filled with air by beating, and baked; as, an omelette soufflé. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]