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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Harmine :: Harmine (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance..
Unpeg :: Unpeg (v. t.) To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
Spill :: Spill (n.) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile..
Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus..
Grace :: Grace (n.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc..
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others..
Peg :: Peg (v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task..
Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..
Sea Dragon :: Sea dragon () The pegasus.
Pegmatitic :: Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite..
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..
Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
Pin :: Pin (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings..
Setterwort :: Setterwort (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots..
Bibliopegist :: Bibliopegist (n.) A bookbinder.
Spigot :: Spigot (n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock..
Knag :: Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.
Parapegm :: Parapegm (n.) An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place..
Pegging :: Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pe.
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..
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