Peg word meaning and definition

[noun] a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
[noun] a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
[noun] regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
[noun] a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
[noun] informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks"
[noun] small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
[verb] stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"
[verb] fasten or secure with a peg; "peg a tent"
[verb] pierce with a peg; knock or thrust a peg into
[verb] succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

\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.
\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.
\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.]
\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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