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Etymology
[edit]From a dialectal term for a stump, branch, or wooden peg; compare Swedish skog. Compare also shaw.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /skɛɡ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡ
Noun
[edit]skeg (plural skegs)
- (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
- (nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
- A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
- (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
- (obsolete) A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
- Some take them for Damascen plums, or rather for Bullois, Skegs, or such like wilde Plums.
- (obsolete) A kind of oat.
- 1842, Cuthbert William Johnson, The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs:
- SKEGS. A kind of oat, sometimes cultivated as a crop in Nottinghamshire. It is the Avena stipiformis of Linnaeus.
- (Northern England) A look or glance.
Translations
[edit]rudder-supporting structure
surfer — see surfer
References
[edit]- “skeg”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “skeg”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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