Definition of peg

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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..

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Bibliopegist :: Bibliopegist (n.) A bookbinder.
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..
Pegged :: Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Pe.
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others..
Pegmatitic :: Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite..
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).
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..
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..
Scapegallows :: Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
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..
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained..
Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..
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..
Peg :: Peg (v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2..
Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) A constellation south of Pegasus.
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..
Unpeg :: Unpeg (v. t.) To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
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