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Bibliopegist :: Bibliopegist (n.) A bookbinder.

Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..

Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..

Unpeg :: Unpeg (v. t.) To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.

Pegtatoid :: Pegtatoid (a.) Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.

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..

Scalawag :: Scalawag (n.) A scamp; a scapegrace.

Spigot :: Spigot (n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock..

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 wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon..

Pegging :: Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pe.

Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.

Knag :: Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.

Pegador :: Pegador (n.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.

Pin :: Pin (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2..

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..

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..

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..

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