Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peg"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peg \Peg\, n.
A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with
soda water. [India]
This over, the club will be visted for a ``peg,''
Anglice drink. --Harper's
Mag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peg \Peg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pegged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pegging}.]
1. To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to
peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit
closely.
I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty
entrails. --Shak.
2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as,
she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peg \Peg\, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point,
prickle, and E. peak.]
1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards
together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.;
as, a shoe peg.
2. 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.
3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the
strings are strained. --Shak.
4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage
board.
5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase ``To take one
down peg.''
To screw papal authority to the highest peg.
--Barrow.
And took your grandess down a peg. --Hudibras.
{Peg ladder}, a ladder with but one standard, into which
cross pieces are inserted.
{Peg tankard}, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as
divide the liquor into equal portions. ``Drink down to
your peg.'' --Longfellow.
{Peg tooth}. See {Fleam tooth} under {Fleam}.
{Peg top}, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it.
{Screw peg}, a small screw without a head, for fastening
soles.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peg
n 1: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface [syn: {nog}]
2: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or
define locations etc. [syn: {pin}]
3: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
sticks" [syn: {pin}, {stick}]
4: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: {wooden leg},
{leg}, {pegleg}]
5: regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the
strings of a stringed instrument
6: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: {pin},
{thole}, {tholepin}, {rowlock}, {oarlock}]
v 1: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at
Harvard" [syn: {nail down}, {nail}]
2: pierce with a peg; knock or thrust a peg into
3: fasten or secure with a peg; "peg a tent" [syn: {peg down}]
4: stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by
legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was
pegged to the US Dollar"
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