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a. [ Gr. bibli`on book + phgny`naito make fast. ] Relating to the binding of books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bookbinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the art of binding books. [ R. ] Dibdin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bibliopegic. ] The art of binding books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Acronym from Joint Picture Experts Group. ] (Computers) A standardized format for storing graphic data in binary computer files, allowing over 16 million different colors. It allows for lossy compression, i. e. the compression of data into a form which re-expands into an image close, but not identical to the original image. Files stored in this format usually carry the extension jpg or jpeg. Compare GIF. [ PJC ]

n. [ Micro- + pegmatite. ] (Min.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite). -- Mi`cro*peg`ma*tit"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. A game played with a pocketknife, the object of which is to throw the knife in any of a vairety of ways (such as over the back), or from various positions, and have it stick in the ground or another surface. Also called mumble-the-peg and mumble peg. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. parapegma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to fix beside; para` beside + &unr_; to fix: cf. F. parapegme. ] An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Parapegms were used for the publication of laws, proclamations, etc., and the recording of astronomical phenomena or calendar events. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak. ] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase “To take one down a peg.” [ 1913 Webster ]

To screw papal authority to the highest peg. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

And took your grandees down a peg. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water. [ India ]

This over, the club will be visited for a “peg, ” Anglice drink. Harper's Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. (Baseball) a hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner; as, the peg to the plate went wild. [ PJC ]

peg board, a board with multiple small holes into which pegs can be inserted in different arrays so as to form hooks from which to hang tools or other objects for convenient access; it is typically hung from a wall in a workshop. --
Peg ladder, a ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces are inserted. --
Peg tankard, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide the liquor into equal portions. “Drink down to your peg.” Longfellow. --
Peg tooth. See Fleam tooth under Fleam. --
Peg top, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it. --
Screw peg, a small screw without a head, for fastening soles. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will rend an oak
And peg thee in his knotty entrails. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To identify; to recognize; as, she pegged him as a good carpenter; he was pegged as a blowhard as soon as he started speaking; he was pegged as a exceptional player even in high school. [ PJC ]

4. (Baseball) To throw (a ball); as, he pegged the runner out at second. [ PJC ]

v. i. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., a sticker. ] (Zool.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pegasus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. Ph`gasos. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tapering toward teh bottom; as, pegged pants. [ PJC ]

n. One who fastens with pegs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of fastening with pegs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pegma a movable stage, Gr. ph^gma, orig., a framework. ] A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pegmatite + -oid. ] (Min.) Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. phgh` fountain + -mancy. ] Divination by fountains. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Setterwort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scape (for escape) + goat. ] 1. (Jewish Antiq.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) A trebuchet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A sharp steel spear attached to a cord, used in taking sea turtles. -- Turtle pegging. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]