Peg

  • 121peg-leg|ged — «PEHG LEHG ihd, LEHGD», adjective. having a wooden leg …

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  • 122peg|board — «PEHG BRD, BOHRD», noun. 1. a board containing evenly spaced holes for pegs, used for scoring games, such as cribbage. 2. a larger board, attached to a wall, having holes in which pegs or hooks are inserted to hold tools, utensils, displays,… …

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  • 123peg|box — «PEHG BOKS», noun. the head of a stringed instrument containing the pegs to which the strings are attached for tuning …

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  • 124peg|ger — «PEHG uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that pegs. 2. a machine for driving pegs in shoemaking …

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  • 125peg|ma|tite — «PEHG muh tyt», noun. 1. a coarsely crystallized kind of granite occurring in veins and dikes, and usually containing crystals of the common minerals found in granite, but sometimes containing rare minerals rich in such elements as lithium,… …

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  • 126peg|ma|tit|ic — «PEHG muh TIHT ihk», adjective. consisting of, characteristic of, or resembling pegmatite: »pegmatitic deposits in Norway …

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  • 127peg|ma|ti|za|tion — «PEHG muh tuh ZAY shuhn», noun. the filling of a rock with veins of pegmatite …

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  • 128peg away (at something) — ˌpeg aˈway (at sth) derived (informal, especially BrE) to continue working hard at sth or trying to achieve sth difficult Main entry: ↑pegderived …

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