Definition of peg

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

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Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..
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.
Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
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..
Knag :: Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.
Harmine :: Harmine (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance..
Micropegmatite :: Micropegmatite (n.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).
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..
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
Bibliopegistic :: Bibliopegistic (a.) Pertaining to the art of binding books.
Pegasoid :: Pegasoid (a.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus.
Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others..
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..
Scapegrace :: Scapegrace (n.) A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) A constellation south of Pegasus.
Parapegm :: Parapegm (n.) An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place..
Pegging :: Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pe.
Spill :: Spill (n.) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile..
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