Category:Skeg

Skeg, n. Etym: [prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. sk a wood, sw. skog. Cf. Shaw.]

1. A sort of wild plum. [obs.] Holland.

2. pl.

Defn: a kind of oats. Farm. Encyc.

3. (naut.)

Defn: the after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is Attached.