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nouna holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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nounsmall markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
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nouna prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
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nouna wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
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verbsucceed in obtaining a position
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"peg a tent"verbfasten or secure with a wooden pin
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verbpierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
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nounregulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrumenttype of:part of:
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"The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"verbstabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
Definition that contains peg
- tent a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
- tee a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
- ringer (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
- andromeda a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy
- croquet a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
- bellerophon (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)
- toggle a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
- cygnus a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole
- pegboard a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted
- bagatelle a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over