skeg

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

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