peg

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. Shak.
3. 3.One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.(Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]
7. 7.To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is one of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. Shak called?
• What is one of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.] called?
• What is to work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task called?