Definition of peg

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Peg (n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg..

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Bibliopegistic :: Bibliopegistic (a.) Pertaining to the art of binding books.
Theorbo :: Theorbo (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes..
Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
Pegomancy :: Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.
Pegger :: Pegger (n.) One who fastens with pegs.
Pegged :: Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Pe.
Pin :: Pin (n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt..
Bibliopegy :: Bibliopegy (n.) The art of binding books.
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
Spigot :: Spigot (n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock..
Melanorrhoea :: Melanorrhoea (n.) An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh/a usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish..
Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration..
Pegador :: Pegador (n.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.
Scalawag :: Scalawag (n.) A scamp; a scapegrace.
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained..
Parapegm :: Parapegm (n.) An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place..
Peg :: Peg (n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg..
Pin :: Pin (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings..
Pin :: Pin (n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..
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