These are the meanings of the letters PENG when you unscramble them.
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Peg (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.
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Peg (n.)
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.
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Peg (n.)
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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Peg (n.)
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
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Peg (n.)
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase \"To take one down peg.\"
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Peg (v. t.)
To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
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Peg (v. t.)
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
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Peg (v. i.)
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
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Pen (n.)
A feather.
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Pen (n.)
A wing.
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Pen (n.)
An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.
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Pen (n.)
Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
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Pen (n.)
The internal shell of a squid.
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Pen (n.)
A female swan.
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Pen (v. t.)
To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.
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Pen (n. & v.)
To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.
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Pen (n.)
A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.