wine lees
11lees — What is left at the bottom of a jar of wine after fermentation (Isa. 25:6, AV), preferred to new wine, hence NRSV translation ‘well aged wines’ and REB ‘well matured’. Jeremiah compares Moab to wine ‘on his lees’ (REB, AV, NJB in Jer. 48:11; NRSV …
12Lees — (Heb. shemarim), from a word meaning to keep or preserve. It was applied to lees from the custom of allowing wine to stand on the lees that it might thereby be better preserved (Isa. 25:6). Men settled on their lees (Zeph. 1:12) are men… …
13wine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. the grape; drink, liquor; drinking, intoxication; stimulant, alcohol; nectar. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wine colored, maroon, dark red, grape; see red . n. Varieties of wine include: fine, sparkling …
14lees — n.pl. 1 the sediment of wine etc. (drink to the lees). 2 dregs, refuse. Etymology: pl. of ME lie f. OF lie f. med.L lia f. Gaulish …
15lees — noun plural Etymology: Middle English lie, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin lia Date: 14th century the sediment of a liquor (as wine) during fermentation and aging ; dregs …
16lees — lɪËz n. dregs, sediment or particles which settle at the bottom of fermented wine or other liquor lÉªË n. shelter; side protected from the wind, side opposite the wind (Nautical) adj. of the side which is sheltered from the wind (Nautical) …
17lees — plural noun the sediment of wine in the barrel; dregs. Origin ME: plural of obs. lee in the same sense, from OFr. lie, from med. L. liae (plural), of Gaulish origin …
18lees — UK [liːz] / US [lɪz] noun [plural] the thick substance that forms at the bottom of a bottle of wine …
19lees — The dregs of the barrel or vat used in wine making …
20oil of wine — OEnanthic [OE]*nan thic, a. [Gr. ? the first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine; o i nh the vine + ? bloom, a nqos flower.] (Chem.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to… …
