Definition of peg

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

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Harmine :: Harmine (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance..
Micropegmatite :: Micropegmatite (n.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).
Scalawag :: Scalawag (n.) A scamp; a scapegrace.
Pegged :: Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Pe.
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..
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..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
Bibliopegic :: Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of books.
Bibliopegistic :: Bibliopegistic (a.) Pertaining to the art of binding books.
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness..
Sea Dragon :: Sea dragon () The pegasus.
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..
Spilikin :: Spilikin (n.) One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins.
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.
Trepeget :: Trepeget (n.) A trebuchet.
Pegging :: Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pe.
Pegroots :: Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
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..
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..
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