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.
Peg (?), 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.