LEES
NOUNS
1440 ► HOVE lees, dregs, sediment of oil, ale, etc. → obs.
1500 ► LAGS what remains in a vessel after the liquor is drawn off; dregs, lees → obs.
1648 ► FECULENCE feculent matter; dregs, lees, dross, scum; also, filth
1697 ► GROUT sediment, dregs, lees
19C ► HILDING the sediment of beer, lees, dregs: usually plural → Eng. dial.
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