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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_155064" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_155064" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg." </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43006" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43006" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:59, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
(2): ( n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
(3): ( n.) 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.
(4): ( n.) A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.
(5): ( n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
(6): ( n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
(7): ( v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
(8): ( v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
(9): ( v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Judges 4:21-22 Judges 5:26 Isaiah 22:23 22:25 Ezekiel 15:3 Judges 16:14 Deuteronomy 23:13 Isaiah 22:23-25 Zechariah 10:4 Isaiah 33:22 Isaiah 54:2
