Definition of peg

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

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Pegasoid :: Pegasoid (a.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus.
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..
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..
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained..
Pegm :: Pegm (n.) A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.
Pegmatitic :: Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite..
Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..
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..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
Scapegrace :: Scapegrace (n.) A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless..
Pegged :: Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Pe.
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.
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).
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..
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) Graphic granite. See under Granite.
Scalawag :: Scalawag (n.) A scamp; a scapegrace.
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..
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