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語源

From a dialectal term for a stump, branch, or wooden peg. Compare shaw and Swedish skog. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: Which term?

発音

• IPA: /skɛɡ/
• 韻: -ɛɡ

名詞

skeg (plural skegs)

1. (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
2. (nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
3. A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
4. (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
5. (obsolete) A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     Some take them for Damascen plums, or rather for Bullois, Skegs, or such like wilde Plums.

6. (obsolete) A kind of oat.
   • 1842, Cuthbert William Johnson, The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs:

     SKEGS. A kind of oat, sometimes cultivated as a crop in Nottinghamshire. It is the Avena stipiformis of Linnaeus.

7. (Northern England) A look or glance.

Further reading

• “skeg”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “skeg”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “skeg”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “skeg”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “skeg”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “skeg”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

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