wine lees
1wine lees — noun plural Etymology: Middle English win lies, from win wine + lies, plural of lie lee more at lee : dregs of wine …
2wine-lees — …
3Lees (fermentation) — Lees refers to deposits of dead yeast or residual yeast and other particles that precipitate, or are carried by the action of fining , to the bottom of a vat of wine after fermentation and aging. The yeast deposits in beer brewing are known as… …
4lees — [ liz ] noun plural the thick substance that forms at the bottom of a bottle of wine …
5lees — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ the sediment of wine in the barrel; dregs. ORIGIN Latin liae …
6lees — [lēz] pl.n. [pl. of lee (obs. in sing.) < ME lie < OFr < ML lia < Gaul * liga, akin to OIr lige, a bed, layer < IE base * legh > LIE1] dregs or sediment, as of fermenting wine …
7wine — wineless, adj. winish, adj. /wuyn/, n., adj., v., wined, wining. n. 1. the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and… …
8Wine — The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning to boil up, to be in a ferment. Others derive it from a root meaning to tread out, and hence the juice of the grape trodden out. The Greek word for wine is oinos , and the Latin… …
9Lees — Lee Lee, n.; pl. {Lees} (l[=e]z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L. levare to lift up, raise. Cf. {Lever}.] That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; used now only in the plural. [Lees occurs also as a form of the …
10Wine fault — A wine fault or defect is an unpleasant characteristic of a wine often resulting from poor winemaking practices or storage conditions, and leading to wine spoilage. Many of the compounds that cause wine faults are already naturally present in… …
