Definition of peg

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of peg is as below...

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..

Lern More About Peg

Unpeg :: Unpeg (v. t.) To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
Spilikin :: Spilikin (n.) One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins.
Pegging :: Pegging (n.) The act or process of fastening with pegs.
Bibliopegic :: Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of books.
Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely..
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..
Hatstand :: Hatstand (n.) A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc..
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile..
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..
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..
Pegomancy :: Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.
Harmaline :: Harmaline (n.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts..
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) Graphic granite. See under Granite.
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..
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.
Pegm :: Pegm (n.) A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us