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OP Wine lees are made up of dead yeast cells, skin fragments and insoluble tartrates.
lees
n.pl.
5pl. of lee (obs. in sing.) < ME lie < OFr < ML lia < Gaul *liga, akin to OIr lige, a bed, layer < IE base *legh3 > LIE16 dregs or sediment, as of fermenting wine
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