a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
informal terms for the leg
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
succeed in obtaining a position
pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
fasten or secure with a wooden pin
A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
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.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "to take one down peg."
To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
