pegletn.
/ˈpɛɡlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡlət/ rare.
A little peg.
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1890 Temple Bar Mar. 416 A couple of tent-pegs, which..he tightens by driving in supplementary peglets.
1995 Re: Mastermind Algorithm in sci.math (Usenet newsgroup) 7 Dec. The object of the game is to identify the colours of the pegs in each of the holes. This is achieved by guessing the solution and being given a score consisting of a number of smaller white or black ‘peglets’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1890- chrome steel
- chrome violet
- chrome yellow
- chrome-black
- chrome-blue
- chrome-moly
- chrome-nickel steel
- chrome-spinel
- chrome-tanned leather
- chrome-tanning
- chromeblack
- chromeblue
- chromed
- chromel
- chromemoly
- chromenickel steel
- chromer
- chromes
- chromespinel
- chromest
- chrometanned leather
- chrometanning
- chromic
- chromic acid
- chromic anhydride