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gim-pegs

gim-pegs is the plural of gim-peg.

Meaning of gim-peg

Noun

gim-peg (plural gim-pegs)

  1. (historical) An adjustable flanged bent iron rod that rises from the workbench of a lapidary and which is used as a guide for the vertical angle when cutting facets, and also to support the arm of the lapidary.
    • The squares are then polished in the same order, the gim peg being carefully adjusted for height between every row, in order that the stick may be inclined at exactly the same angle as that employed for cutting the squares.1850, Charles Holtzapffel, Turning and mechanical manipulation

Questions about gim-pegs

What is gim-pegs the plural of?
Gim-pegs is the plural of gim-peg.

Words near gim-pegs in the dictionary

  1. Gilyards
  2. Gilze en Rijen
  3. Gilău
  4. gim
  5. gim-peg
  6. gim-pegs
  7. Gimagaan
  8. GImages
  9. gimbal
  10. gimbal lock
  11. gimbal locks

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