Skeg (?), n. [Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. skgr a wood, Sw. skog. Cf. Shaw.]
1.
A sort of wild plum.
[Obs.]
Holland.
2. pl.
A kind of oats.
Farm. Encyc.
3. Naut.
The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
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