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▪ I. seg, n.1 dial.|sɛg|
Also 7 sag(ge, 8 saig.
[Of obscure origin.]
An animal which has been castrated when fully grown.
1600Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 131 In Blakburne, for one fat sagge for the howse use, liijs xd. 1641Watertown (Mass.) Rec. (1894) 7 No Steers or Sags of three yeares old shalbe herded with the Dry Cattle. 1641,1820Bull-seg [see bull n.1 11]. 1788W. H. Marshall Yorksh. II. 350 Seg, or Bullseg; a castrate bull. 1789Davidson Seasons 46 The saig, poor dowy beast! nae pleasure kens Aboon a gowan tap. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm. II. 129 An aged bull that is castrated is called a segg. 1856Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 725 Seg. (Suff., Yorks., Norf.), any animal castrated when full grown.
Hence seg v. dial. trans. (See quots.)
1886Cheshire Gloss., Segged, castrated, but only applied when the operation is performed on full-grown animals. 1887S. Chesh. Gloss., Seg, to castrate a full-grown animal.
▪ II. seg, n.2 dial. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)|sɛg|
[a. ON. sigg neut., hard skin (Norw. sigg, Ross).]
A callosity, esp. on the hand.
1865B. Brierley Irkdale I. vii. 130 They startn o'feighten..an' never gi'en o'er till they'n segs ole o'er 'em. 1902Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Feb. 378 Callosities (called planker's ‘segs’) on the thenar and hypothenar eminences.
▪ III. seg, n.3|sɛg|
[Abbrev. of segment n.]
A metal stud attached to the toe or heel of a shoe (or boot) to strengthen or protect from wear.
1958Shoe & Leather Trades Buyers Reg., Brands Directory & Diary 100/1 Blakey's Boot Protectors Ltd.,{ddd} Boot protectors..all sorts and sizes, malleable cast hob nails, segs & studs, cricket spikes. 1970Guardian 24 Dec. 9/3 The boys made indoor slides across the hall..scoring great weals in the polish with their segs and blakeys. 1976A. Hill Summer's End viii. 123 Might be metal segs, them half-moons of metal you hammered into the heels and sole-tips of your boots to stop 'em wearing out quick.
▪ IV. seg, n.4|sɛg|
a. Also seggie. U.S. colloq. abbrev. of segregationist n. Cf. outseg v.
b. Slang (chiefly U.S.) abbrev. of segregation 1 g.
1965Britannica Bk. of Year 869/2 Seg,..a segregationist. Also seggie. 1970New Yorker 12 Dec. 107 Fulbright for the first time openly appealed for black votes, because he believed that he couldn't win without them and that the ‘seggies’..would vote against him no matter what he did. 1971Harper's Mag. Jan. 35 When people wore the American flag then it was to show that they were not segs, because the segs of course wore the Confederate flag. 1974Guidelines to Volunteer Services (N.Y. State Dept. Correctional Services) 43 Seg, segregation unit. 1977New Society 23 June 616/2 He went straight into the segregation unit [at Wormwood Scrubs]... He continued his [hunger] strike simply in order to prevent an early return to ‘seg’.
▪ V. seg
obs. or dial. form of sedge. |