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

Hatstand :: Hatstand (n.) A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc..

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..

Pegasean :: Pegasean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry..

Bibliopegic :: Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of books.

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..

Bibliopegist :: Bibliopegist (n.) A bookbinder.

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..

Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration..

Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) Graphic granite. See under Granite.

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..

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

Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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