Definition of peg

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

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Knag :: Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.
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..
Pegasean :: Pegasean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry..
Pegmatitic :: Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite..
Harmaline :: Harmaline (n.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts..
Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..
Pin :: Pin (n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
Spigot :: Spigot (n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock..
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.
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..
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..
Unpeg :: Unpeg (v. t.) To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
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..
Sea Dragon :: Sea dragon () The pegasus.
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..
Harmine :: Harmine (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance..
Trepeget :: Trepeget (n.) A trebuchet.
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) A constellation south of Pegasus.
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others..
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