Jastrow: לֶקֶט

לֶקֶט m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) gleanings; the poor man’s share in the crop (Lev. XIX, 9). Peah IV, 3. Ib. 10 איזהו ל׳ הנושר וכ׳ what is called leḳet (the poor man’s share)? That which drops &c. Ib. 11 ספק ל׳ ל׳ where there is a doubt about leḳet, it is leḳet, i.e. the poor man has the benefit of the doubt. Ib. V, 1 אומדין אותה כמה ל׳ וכ׳ we calculate how much it would ordinarily give out for the poor man. Y. ib. V, beg. 18ᵈ שגדש ע"ג לִיקְטָן של וכ׳ for he piled up the stack over the poor man’s share; a. fr. —2) pucker, seam. M. Kat. 26ᵇ הקורע … מתוך הל׳ he who rends his garment … in a place which has been mended by a pucker (after having been rent for a death).