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Pegador :: Pegador (n.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.

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..

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

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..

Harmaline :: Harmaline (n.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts..

Pegmatitic :: Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite..

Scapegallows :: Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.

Pegomancy :: Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.

Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.

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..

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..

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

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..

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.

Bibliopegist :: Bibliopegist (n.) A bookbinder.

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2..

Pegged :: Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Pe.

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

Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..

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