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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Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..
Pegasoid :: Pegasoid (a.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus.
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.
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..
Bibliopegistic :: Bibliopegistic (a.) Pertaining to the art of binding books.
Harmaline :: Harmaline (n.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts..
Pegging :: Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pe.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2..
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..
Harmine :: Harmine (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance..
Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..
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..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
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..
Trepeget :: Trepeget (n.) A trebuchet.
Spigot :: Spigot (n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock..
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) Graphic granite. See under Granite.
Bibliopegic :: Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of books.
Micropegmatite :: Micropegmatite (n.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..
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