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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.

Definition 2024


skeg

skeg

English

Noun

skeg (plural skegs)

  1. (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
  2. (nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
  3. A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
  4. (obsolete) A sort of wild plum.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
  5. (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.
  6. (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.

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