pegged

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Peg \Peg\ (p[e^]g), 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]


pegged \pegged\ (p[e^]gd), a. Tapering toward teh bottom; as, pegged pants. [PJC]
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