Definition of peg

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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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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..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
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..
Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) A constellation south of Pegasus.
Pegmatitic :: Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite..
Bibliopegic :: Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of books.
Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..
Scalawag :: Scalawag (n.) A scamp; a scapegrace.
Pegging :: Pegging (n.) The act or process of fastening with pegs.
Harmine :: Harmine (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance..
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..
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others..
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..
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..
Pegger :: Pegger (n.) One who fastens with pegs.
Spill :: Spill (n.) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile..
Pegasean :: Pegasean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry..
Trepeget :: Trepeget (n.) A trebuchet.
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
Pegomancy :: Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.
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