מְלַקֵּט II, מְלַקֶּטֶת f. (לָקַט) pinchers for picking hair, wool &c. Macc. III, 5; Naz. 40ᵇ, v. לָקַט. Kel. XIII, 8 (ed. Dehr. 10) ועשאן למלקטת and he makes use of them as pinchers; Yeb. 43ᵃ למלקט. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 14 המְלַקֵּיט של כובסין (ed. Zuck. המלקוט של כובשין) the fullers’ pinchers (with which they remove knots in a web). Sabb. 97ᵃ אי אפשר … שתילקט במ׳ וכ׳ a public road cannot be made even (as skin is made) with pinchers and razors.