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单词 to peg out
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to peg out
to peg out
1. transitive. Apparently: to exclude entirely, cut out. Obsolete.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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