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Definition of peg

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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..

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Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained..

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

Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..

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

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..

Bibliopegistic :: Bibliopegistic (a.) Pertaining to the art of binding books.

Scapegrace :: Scapegrace (n.) A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless..

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..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

Axis :: Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon..

Micropegmatite :: Micropegmatite (n.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).

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

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

Trepeget :: Trepeget (n.) A trebuchet.

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..

Bibliopegy :: Bibliopegy (n.) The art of binding books.

Parapegm :: Parapegm (n.) An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place..

Pegger :: Pegger (n.) One who fastens with pegs.

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