Peg \Peg\ (p[e^]g), 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 \Peg\ (p[e^]g), 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 \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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