Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In harvesting tobacco, the driving of a peg into the cut stalk to hang it upon while curing. For other methods see
spearing ,splitting . - noun The act of fastening with a peg or pegs, or of furnishing with pegs.
- noun Pegs collectively, or material for pegs.
- noun A beating; a drubbing.
- noun The process or method of catching turtles with the peg.
- noun Dogged or plodding perseverance in work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of fastening with pegs.
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- verb Present participle of
peg .
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Examples
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I am simply asking how one can establish an objective moral truth with the same degree of certainty that science achieves, say, in pegging the number of protons in a calcium nucleus at 20.
Carry-Over Thread 2007
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I am simply asking how one can establish an objective moral truth with the same degree of certainty that science achieves, say, in pegging the number of protons in a calcium nucleus at 20.
Carry-Over Thread 2007
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Blue writes” It is amazing how much Opus One costs”, and he is right in pegging it as expensive.
Why so few tasty American wines under $12? Wine importer Bobby Kacher | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The Finance committee said it was "sympathetic to the idea of pegging social pensions to some index".
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Pinning, known as pegging or dowelling in woodworking, allows rigid but dismountable joints to be made.
1. Bonding 1988
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On Thursday, Swiss National Bank officials floated the idea of pegging the franc's value to the euro, as a last-ditch effort to halt the currency's wild ride.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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On Thursday, Swiss National Bank officials floated the idea of pegging the franc's value to the euro, as a last-ditch effort to halt the currency's wild ride.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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There was scepticism about the idea of pegging the franc to the euro , and analysts said the franc was likely to stay supported as long as worries about a global slowdown and debt problems in the United States and euro zone persisted.
unknown title 2011
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OPEC floated the idea of pegging crude oil to a basket of currencies, instead of the U.S. dollar.
FOXNews.com Matt Egan 2010
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'but, unhappily, though there is very little drunkenness, there is a great deal of what is called "pegging" -- an intermittent kind of tippling which goes on all day long, beginning very early and ending very late.
The Golden Calf 1875
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The process of pricking molten glass with a tool that leaves small, air-filled hollows. When the glass is covered with a second gather, the hollows become air traps. This technique is used to decorate knops and paperweights.
November 9, 2007