OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34912

lees

/liːz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
heces • hez
The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.
Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.
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