'Screw peg' definitions:
Definition of 'Screw peg'
From: GCIDE
- Peg \Peg\ (p[e^]g), 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]