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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peg \peg\ pe^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
see also:
pegged pegging 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pegging \peg"ging\, n.
   the act or process of fastening with pegs.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
peg
     n 1: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface syn: nog
     2: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or
        define locations etc. syn: pin
     3: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
        sticks" syn: pin, stick
     4: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg syn: wooden leg,
         leg, pegleg
     5: regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the
        strings of a stringed instrument
     6: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
        oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing syn: pin,
         thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
     v 1: succeed in obtaining a position; "he nailed down a spot at
          harvard" syn: nail down, nail
     2: pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin
        into into
     3: fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" syn: peg
        down
     4: stabilize the price of a commodity or an exchange rate by
        legislation or market operations; "the weak currency was
        pegged to the us dollar"
     also: pegging, pegged
see also:
nog pin stick wooden leg leg pegleg 
thole tholepin rowlock oarlock nail down 
nail peg down pegging pegged 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pegging
     see peg
see also:
peg 

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