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Peg (pĕg), 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”.
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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”.
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3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. Shak.
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4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
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5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase “To take one down a peg.”
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To screw papal authority to the highest peg. Barrow.
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And took your grandees down a peg. Hudibras.
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6. A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water. [India]
This over, the club will be visited for a “peg,” Anglice drink. Harper's Mag.
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7. (Baseball) a hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner; as, “the peg to the plate went wild”.
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peg board, a board with multiple small holes into which pegs can be inserted in different arrays so as to form hooks from which to hang tools or other objects for convenient access; it is typically hung from a wall in a workshop. -- 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.
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Peg (pĕg), 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.
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I will rend an oak
And peg thee in his knotty entrails. Shak.
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2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, “she pegged twelwe points”. [Colloq.]
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3. To identify; to recognize; as, “she pegged him as a good carpenter; he was pegged as a blowhard as soon as he started speaking; he was pegged as a exceptional player even in high school”.
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4. (Baseball) To throw (a ball); as, “he pegged the runner out at second”.
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Peg, v. i. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, “to peg away at a task”.
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