skeg

Definitions

1. A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
2. A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
3. A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
4. A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
   Australia, slang
5. A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).
   obsolete
6. A kind of oat.
   obsolete
7. A look or glance.
   Northern-England

Equivalents

Examples

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

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

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