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▪ I. lek, v.|lɛk|
[? a. Sw. leka to play: see lake v.1 (cf. quot. 1884 s.v. laking vbl. n.1).]
intr. of certain birds: To take part in a pattern of behaviour centred upon a lek; hence ˈlekking vbl. n. Also lek n.1, a patch of ground used by groups of birds of certain species, esp. blackcock, during the breeding season, as a setting for the males' display and their meeting with the females; the display itself or the season during which it takes place.
1871Darwin Desc. Man xiv. (1883) 405 As many as forty or fifty, or even more birds congregate at the leks. The lek of the capercailzie lasts from the end of March to the..end of May. 1884Dixon in H. Seebohm Hist. Birds II. 436 Some particular spot is chosen in their haunts, where they [black grouse] congregate, or lek, as it is sometimes called. 1942E. A. Armstrong Bird Display xv. 215 The lek [of blackcock] is larger than the ruffs' assembly ground and the individual territories are not so clearly defined. 1964A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 432/1 The lek is usually maintained at the arena for considerable periods of time and many species revive the performance at the same display-ground year after year. Ibid. 432/2 During lek displays the birds tend to stimulate one another. 1970Country Life 26 Feb. 490 (caption) A pair of blackcocks lekking. 1971Ibid. 16 Sept. 693/2 Then came January, when instinct bade her [sc. a partridge] to that lekking field that had served as a partridge lekking area since time immemorial. 1972C. Willock Death in Covert (new ed.) i. 6 A randy old blackcock displaying triumphantly on a Highland lek. 1974Country Life 26 Sept. 865/3 The strongest birds are nearest the centre of the [black grouse] lek because it is there that the females first land.
▪ II. ‖ lek, n.2|lɛk|
Pl. lekë, leks.
[Albanian.]
A unit of currency in Albania.
1927Times 18 Nov. 24/4 The monetary unit chosen is the gold franc (5 lek).., with a parity of approximately 25 to the {pstlg}. 1937M. Comencini Coins Mod. World 2 Albania Currency unit: the Franka Ari or Gold Franc of 5 Lek or 200 Qindar. One Lek corresponds to 8 5-Qindar Leku..bronze coins. 1962R. A. G. Carson Coins 408 The republic of Albania, established in 1925, issued a coinage with the franka as the unit, divided into 5 lek, divided in turn into 40 qindar. 1966New Statesman 8 Apr. 500/3 The plans are already drawn, 120 million lekë (nearly {pstlg}500,000) promised by the state. 1967Spectator 22 Dec. 775/3 Whitaker's [Almanack]..is no sure guide to the rate at which the British traveller can hope to exchange his pittance for Albanian leks. 1974Albania Today (Tirana) Jan.–Feb. 16/3 The rate was fixed at 83.72 leks per ruble, as against 100 leks per ruble previously.
▪ III. lek
obs. form of latch, leak. |