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clothespin a clip or forked peg of wood or plastic, used to secure clothes on a line for drying.
dowel a peg or pin that is placed into corresponding holes in two pieces of wood in order to fasten them together. [1/3 definitions]
mumbletypeg a children's game in which the players toss a knife in various prescribed ways, trying to stick the blade in the ground, with the loser having to withdraw a peg from the ground with his or her teeth.
peg to fasten, plug, or mark with a peg or pegs. [1/5 definitions]
picket a pointed stake, post, or peg fixed into the ground, usu. used to make a fence or hold something in place. [1/5 definitions]
pin a wooden or metal peg used for connecting or supporting parts. [1/7 definitions]
repeg combined form of peg.
spile a wooden peg or plug, esp. one used as a spigot in a barrel. [1/4 definitions]
spill2 a small peg or pin used as a stopper. [1/2 definitions]
tee2 a short peg with a concave top on which a golf ball is usu. set at the beginning of play on a golf hole. [1/3 definitions]
thole a wooden peg or metal pin, usu. one of a pair, set into the gunwale of a boat to act as the fulcrum for an oar.
treenail a wooden peg used to fasten timbers, esp. in ships, which swells and tightens when wet.
unpeg to remove a peg or pegs from, esp. to open or unfasten in this manner.
yo-yo a hand-held toy made of two thickish, usu. wooden disks connected by a peg around which a string is tied, played by holding the other end of the string and moving the hand so as to cause the disk unit to roll up and down the string, and often to spin at the end of the string. [1/3 definitions]