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Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.

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

Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration..

Pegging :: Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pe.

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

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..

Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..

Micropegmatite :: Micropegmatite (n.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).

Unpeg :: Unpeg (v. t.) To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.

Pin :: Pin (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings..

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..

Harmine :: Harmine (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance..

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

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

Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China..

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

Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely..

Hatstand :: Hatstand (n.) A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc..

Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..

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