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/skɛɡ/ · noun
(nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller..
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.
Use skeg when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Skeg means (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Some take them for Damascen plums, or rather for Bullois, Skegs, or such like wilde Plums.
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