Lech

Lech

Lech , river, c.175 mi (280 km) long, rising in Vorarlberg, W Austria, and flowing NE into S Germany past Augsburg to the Danube River. The Wertach River is its chief tributary. There are about 20 hydroelectric stations on the river, of which Rain (105,000 kW capacity) is the largest. In 1632, Gustavus II of Sweden defeated the Count of Tilly near the mouth of the Lech.

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lech / lech/ inf., derog. • n. a lecher. ∎  a lecherous urge or desire: I think he has a kind of lech for you. • v. [intr.] act in a lecherous or lustful manner: businessmen leching after bimbos.

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lechetch, fetch, ketch, kvetch, lech, outstretch, retch, sketch, stretch, vetch, wretch •backstretch

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