单词 | to peg out |
释义 | > as lemmasto peg out to peg out ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] exclude1382 to face (a person) out ofc1530 repulse1548 seclude1581 excommune1650 to peg out1672 to include out1934 1672–3 [implied in: A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 262 You have made my Lord Summus Pontifex and Pontifex Maximus to..the pegging out of the Prince. (at pegging-out at pegging n. 1b)]. 2. transitive. To mark out with pegs; esp. to mark the boundaries of (a piece of ground, a claim for mining, etc.) with pegs placed at the corners; also (Australian and New Zealand) intransitive. Also (Angling): = sense 6b. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of > with stakes stakec1330 stob1550 dool1656 stoop1663 post1712 to peg out1852 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > catch fish [verb (transitive)] > to mark out for competition > to allot a position for competition to peg out1902 peg1947 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > catch fish [verb (transitive)] > to mark out for competition to peg out1927 peg1947 1852 W. H. Hall Pract. Exp. Diggings Victoria 23 I..selected an unoccupied spot..pegged out eight square feet, paid the licence-fee, and returned to my mates. 1873 V. Pyke Story of Wild Will Enderby (1889) I. iv. 17 He progressed up the Gorge trying ‘prospects’ in many places, and at length he was satisfied to ‘peg out’. 1890 Goldfields of Victoria 17 Several other claims have been pegged out and registered. 1902 Fishing Gaz. 13 Sept. 191/1 The contestants were pegged out ten yards apart. 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xx. 193 The huge outcrop which he knew on the Broken Hill might be tin..and he decided to peg out forty acres of it. 1921 K. S. Prichard Black Opal 168 Roy O'Mara's bottomed on opal there...Got some pretty good colours, and we're goin' to peg out. 1927 ‘Float & Fly’ Fishing Matches ii. 8 A good fisherman will usually overcome the drawback of a bad swim, always given that the water has been pegged out in a reasonable manner. 1947 ‘Cheshire Roamer’ Beginner's Guide Match Fishing iv. 15 Before the match can take place the river bank has to be ‘pegged out’. 1954 B. Miles Stars my Blanket xxiv. 207 A big rush followed the discovery and five hundred claims were pegged out in an area three miles wide and eight miles long. 1992 Economist 4 Jan. 36/2 Both [candidates] have pegged out comprehensive programmes by which they wish to be judged. 3. intransitive. slang. To die; (formerly also) †to be ruined (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition afalleOE wanec1000 fallOE ebba1420 to go backward?a1425 to go down?1440 decay1483 sink?a1513 delapsea1530 reel1529 decline1530 to go backwards1562 rue1576 droop1577 ruina1600 set1607 lapse1641 to lose ground1647 to go to pigs and whistles1794 to come (also go) down in the world1819 to peg out1852 to lose hold, one's balance1877 to go under1879 toboggan1887 slip1930 to turn down1936 1852 J. M. Field Job & his Children in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 214 To think what a blessed mess of piety one's got into, and 'bleeged to keep it up until Daddy Day pegs out. 1855 Kansas Herald of Freedom (Lawrence) 29 Sept. 2/5 Both parties are badly cut, and we are happy to state that the free-soiler is in a fair way to ‘peg out’, while the pro-slavery man is out and ready for another ‘tilt’. 1870 Echo 10 Mar. (Farmer) Then..the heart-broken man exclaimed, ‘Oh, George, George, why did you peg out?’ 1915 J. Turner Let. 30 May in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 14 It is a happy thought that a man can only peg out or be wiped out once. 1950 J. Cannan Murder Included ii. 24 If she pegs out..I'll get you a dog that is a dog. 1994 R. Davies Cunning Man (1995) 444 A saint mustn't just peg out in bed. 4. transitive. Croquet. To put (a ball) out by making it hit the winning-peg. Also intransitive: to hit the winning-peg with the ball as the final stroke in the game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (transitive)] > types of play or stroke croquet1858 roquet1859 run1863 spoon1865 wire1866 to get the rush (on a ball)1868 rush1868 to peg out1869 cut1874 split1877 peel1914 1869 Croquet: Implem. & Laws (rev. ed.) 9 Rover, a ball that has gone through all its hoops and is ready to peg out. 1875 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 48 A rover may be pegged out by the adversary, but only if he be a rover also. 1966 D. Miller & R. Thorp Croquet & how to play It vii. 58 If Red is a rover and it hits the peg during its turn then it is pegged out and is removed from the lawn for the rest of the game. 1990 Country Life 24 May 142/3 He had attempted to peel black and peg it out but it had not worked, and that was life—and croquet. 5. intransitive. Cribbage. To score the winning point at cribbage; spec. to win the game by reaching the last hole before the show of hands. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [verb (intransitive)] > win to peg out?1870 ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 81 He may with a very poor hand be just able to ‘show’ or peg out. 1953 H. Phillips Pan Bk. Card Games (1960) 148 It is the player who pegs out first who wins, not the player who would have the better score if the hand were fully played out. 1993 Daily Mail (Nexis) 13 Nov. 48 When the game [of cribbage] comes to an end, the winning player's pegs are in the last holes of the board: this is known as 'pegging out'. 1999 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 14 Jan. 5 Phelps served as music director..while teaching his own children to..peg out on a cribbage board. 6. intransitive. To lose one's strength or energy while performing a task; to flag; to pass out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > exhaust one's strength or energy to break one's back or necka1616 to melt one's grease1645 break1726 to run out of steam1836 to overdo it1853 to peg out1887 1887 W. F. Hinman Corporal Si Klegg 457 Don't ye be afeard o' my peggin' out, Shorty. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xviii. 243 Fuzzy pegged out after her first hour. 1953 D. Stivens Gambling Ghost 63 You pegged out soon after leaving that sly-grog shanty. 1984 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 8) 866/1 Peg out, to have one's strength fail during some endeavour, esp. sporting. 7. transitive. English regional. To pay out, give out (a rope or line). rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay up or out to pay out1438 to pay over1668 to shell down1801 pony1819 tip1829 to fork out, over, or up1831 to stump up1833 to put up1838 stump1841 pungle1851 to ante up1880 cough1894 to peg out1895 brass1898 1895 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed. 4) 160 Let her gang—Grannie! peg oot the line! 8. transitive. To hang (washing) on a line using clothes pegs. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > hang washing on clothes-line to peg out1922 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 102 Helped his wife to peg out the washing on the clothes line in the meadow. 1978 J. Thomson Question of Identity xii. 115 Betty Lovell was pegging out sheets on a washing-line. 2004 Diva Mar. 16/3 Ladies who peg out their panties to dry in the breeze. < as lemmas |
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