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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Knag :: Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.
Bibliopegy :: Bibliopegy (n.) The art of binding books.
Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
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..
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..
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others..
Pin :: Pin (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings..
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by jumping, as in draughts..
Raddle :: Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom..
Pegging :: Pegging (n.) The act or process of fastening with pegs.
Pegger :: Pegger (n.) One who fastens with pegs.
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..
Bibliopegic :: Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of books.
Scapegallows :: Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..
Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China..
Pegm :: Pegm (n.) A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.
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..
Bibliopegistic :: Bibliopegistic (a.) Pertaining to the art of binding books.
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