Peg
(Peg) 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.
I will rend an oak
And peg thee in his knotty entrails.
Shak. 2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]
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.
Pegador
(||Pe`ga*dor") n. [Sp., a sticker.] (Zoöl.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.
Pegasean
(Pe*ga"se*an) a. Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.
Pegasoid
(Peg"a*soid) a. [Pegasus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus.
Pegasus
(Peg"a*sus) n. [L., fr. Gr. .]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain.
He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring
from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas
of poetic inspiration.
Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace.
Byron. 2. (Astron.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the
brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.
3. (Zoöl.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony
plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.
Pegger
(Peg"ger) n. One who fastens with pegs.
Pegging
(Peg"ging) n. The act or process of fastening with pegs.
Pegm
(Pegm) n. [L. pegma a movable stage, Gr. orig., a framework.] A sort of moving machine employed
in the old pageants. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Pegmatite
(Peg"ma*tite) n. [From Gr. something fastened together, in allusion to the quartz and feldspar
in graphic granite: cf. F. pegmatite. See Pegm.] (Min.) (a) Graphic granite. See under Granite. (b)
More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks.
Pegmatitic
(Peg`ma*tit"ic) a. (Min.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure
of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.
