(n): matter that has been deposited by some natural process
(n): United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
(n): a producer of motion pictures
(n): United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
(n): a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
(n): United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
(n): a theatrical performer
(n): United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)
(n): a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
(n): leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
(n): a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States
(n): soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
(n): an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
(n): American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
(n): a general officer of the highest rank
(n): the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
(n): a surface forming part of the outside of an object
Very nice. There are often lees in a bottle of wine, too--especially old wine.
Evidently this means the crud at the bottom of a barrel of wine, sediment left over from fermentation. So essentially, to drink life to the lees you are "enjoying every last drop". It's funny how metaphors get recycled with new words.
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed
Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone; on shore