These are the meanings of the letters PREG when you unscramble them.
- Erg (n.)
The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.
- 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.
- Peg (n.)
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase \"To take one down peg.\"
- 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.
- Peg (n.)
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- Peg (n.)
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
- Peg (v. i.)
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
- 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.
- Peg (v. t.)
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
- Per (prep.)
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.
- reg (unknown)
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- Rep (a.)
Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.
- Rep (n.)
A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.