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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
PEG, n. [This is probably from the root of L.pango, pactus; Gr. denoting that which fastens, or allied to beak and picket.]
To take a peg lower, to depress; to lower.
PEG, v.t. To fasten with pegs.
1913 Definition
A small, pointed piece of wood, used in
fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes,
etc.; as, a shoe peg.
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.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on
which the strings are strained.
Shak. One of the pins used for marking points on
a cribbage board.
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase
"To take one down peg."
To screw papal authority to the highest peg. Barrow. And took your grandess down a peg. Hudibras. 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. To put pegs into] to
fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine
with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
I will rend an oak To score with a peg, as
points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
[Colloq.] To work diligently, as
one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or
away; as, to peg away at a task.
A drink of spirits, usually
whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.
[India]
This over, the club will be visted for a "peg," Anglice drink. Harper's Mag. | ||||||||
Noah Says...
It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language.
