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Webster 1913 Edition


Skeg

Skeg

,
Noun.
[Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel.
sk[GREEK]gr
a wood, Sw.
skog
. Cf.
Shaw
.]
1.
A sort of wild plum.
[Obs.]
Holland.
2.
pl.
A kind of oats.
Farm. Encyc.
3.
(Naut.)
The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.

Webster 1828 Edition


Skeg

SKEG

,
Noun.
A little salmon.