Definition of peg

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Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..

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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..
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..
Parapegm :: Parapegm (n.) An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place..
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..
Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
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..
Scapegrace :: Scapegrace (n.) A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless..
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by jumping, as in draughts..
Bibliopegistic :: Bibliopegistic (a.) Pertaining to the art of binding books.
Peg :: Peg (n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg..
Pegtatoid :: Pegtatoid (a.) Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.
Hatstand :: Hatstand (n.) A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc..
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..
Pegmatitic :: Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite..
Knag :: Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.
Bibliopegist :: Bibliopegist (n.) A bookbinder.
Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) A constellation south of Pegasus.
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..
Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..
Micropegmatite :: Micropegmatite (n.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).
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