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Webster's English Dictionary

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 a peg. ()

To screw papal authority to the highest peg. (Barrow.)

And took your grandees down a peg. (Hudibras.)

6. A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water. ()

This over, the club will be visited for a peg, Anglice drink. (Harper's Mag.)

7. (Baseball) a hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner; as, the peg to the plate went wild. ()

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. ()

v. t. 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. ()

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. ()

4. (Baseball) To throw (a ball); as, he pegged the runner out at second. ()

v. i. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task. ()

n. [Sp., a sticker.] (Zol.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora. ()