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