| 单词 | to drain to the lee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drain to the lee ΘΚΠ 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? < as lemmas |
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