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Look up: Peg

  1. PEG
    Short for polyethylene glycol. A conservation method for old waterlogged wood. Broken down cells are filled with this solution. Thus PEG replaces cellulose that has deteriorated from the wood. Without this treatment the wood would shrink and crack when dried. More info. More info.
    Found on http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/glossary.htm

  2. Peg
    1. To maintain a pegged exchange rate; thus to set a currency's value within a narrow range. 2. The par value of a pegged exchange rate. 3. The regime of a pegged exchange rate.
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/

  3. peg
    [n] - small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. 2. [n] - a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg 3. [n] - regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument 4. [n] - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing 5. [n] - a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface 6. [v] - pierce with a peg 7. [v] - fasten or secure with a peg 8. [v] - stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. PEG
    PE ratio divided percentage annual growth in earnings per share....more on PEG
    Found on http://moneyterms.co.uk/p/

  5. PEG
    PEG: Stands for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, a surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on the abdomen). The aim of PEG is to feed those who cannot swallow. PEG may be done by a surgeon, otolaryngologist (ENT specialist) or gastroenterologist (GI specialist). It is done in a. hosp ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  6. peg
    kind of key fitted to the scroll of a stringed instrument for varying the tension of the strings Category: General • to stake out: to designate or mark with -- the plan and position of a future building upon its site. Category: Building industry • device which is designed for inserting in a jack to prevent the entry of a plug.It may or may not operate the springs Categor...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. PEG
    See polyethylene glycol.
    Found on

  8. Peg
    Peg noun [ Middle English pegge ; confer Swedish pigg , Danish pig a point, prickle, and English peak .] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg . 2. A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A sup ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/42

  9. Peg
    Peg transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pegged ; present participle & verbal noun 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. « I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails.» Shak. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/42

  10. Peg
    Peg intransitive verb To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on , at , or away ; as, to peg away at a task.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/42

  11. Peg
    Peg noun 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/42

  12. peg
    1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. ... 2. 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. ... 3. One of the pins of a musical instrument ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. peg
    noun a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. peg
    tholepin noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. peg
    leg 2 pegleg noun a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. PEG
    `PEG` may refer to: * Parsing expression grammar * PCI Express Graphics * PEG ratio (Price/Earnings to Growth), a ratio of economic growth which is used in evaluating the prospect of a specific market share * PEG is the National Rail station code for Pegswood railway station, England * Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, or the tube used to perform it * Polyethylene glycol, a chemical polymer * Program for the Exceptionally Gifted, a residential...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEG

  17. peg
    (peg) a projecting structure. rete pegs rete ridges.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  18. Peg
    • (n.) A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water. • (n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. • (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. • (n.) One of the pins used for ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. Peg
    Peg is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Pearl` Where is it used? The name Peg is mainly used In English.It is an abbreviated form of Peggy, used In English.See also In English: Meg The name Peg doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Peg seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Peg

  20. peg
    A cylindrical projection.
    Found on

  21. Peg
    1. To maintain a pegged exchange rate; thus to set a currency's value within a narrow range. 2. The par value of a pegged exchange rate. 3. The regime of a pegged exchange rate.
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/

  22. peg
    1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
    2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
    3. informal terms of the leg
    4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
    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...
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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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