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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Pegtatoid :: Pegtatoid (a.) Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.
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..
Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
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..
Knag :: Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.
Micropegmatite :: Micropegmatite (n.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).
Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile..
Pegging :: Pegging (n.) The act or process of fastening with pegs.
Pegged :: Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Pe.
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..
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..
Pegador :: Pegador (n.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.
Pegomancy :: Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.
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..
Bibliopegic :: Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of 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..
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..
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