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. [ 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 ]