Peg

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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

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