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Patent licensing company
MPEG LA was an American company based in Denver, Colorado that licensed patent pools covering essential patents required for use of the MPEG-2, MPEG-4
MPEG_LA
Widely used standard for video compression
Advanced Video Coding (AVC), also referred to as H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, is a video compression standard based on block-oriented, motion-compensated coding
Advanced_Video_Coding
Video encoding standard
MPEG-2 (a.k.a. H.222/H.262 as was defined by the ITU) is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes
MPEG-2
Video compression format, succeeds H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
(HEVC), also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2, is a patent-encumbered video compression standard designed as part of the MPEG-H project as a successor to
High_Efficiency_Video_Coding
Video compression format
MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-4 Visual (formally ISO/IEC 14496-2) is a video encoding specification designed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). It belongs
MPEG-4_Part_2
Video encoding standard
MPEG-4 is a group of international standards for the compression of digital audio and visual data, multimedia systems, and file storage formats. It was
MPEG-4
Video compression format, succeeds MPEG-1
H.262 or MPEG-2 Part 2 (formally known as ITU-T Recommendation H.262 and ISO/IEC 13818-2, also known as MPEG-2 Video) is a video coding format standardised
H.262/MPEG-2_Part_2
Patent licensing company
Via-LA is an American company based in San Francisco, California that licenses patent pools covering essential patents. Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG-LA
Via-LA
HTTP-based adaptive bitrate streaming technique
2015, MPEG LA announced a call for MPEG-DASH-related patents in order to create a single patent pool for this technology. MPEG LA announced its MPEG-DASH
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
Dynamic_Adaptive_Streaming_over_HTTP
2008 open and royalty-free video coding format
started an investigation into MPEG LA for its role in possibly attempting to stifle competition. In July 2011, MPEG LA announced that 12 patent holders
VP8
Digital video coder/decoder
"MPEG-2 Patent List" (PDF). MPEG LA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019. "MPEG-4 Visual - Patent List" (PDF). MPEG
Video_codec
HTML element
Inc. and MPEG LA, LLC announced agreements covering techniques that "may be essential" to VP8, with Google receiving a license from MPEG LA and 11 patent
HTML_video
Format for digital video content
Recommendation declared patent(s)". ITU. Retrieved July 12, 2019. "MPEG-2 Patent List" (PDF). MPEG LA. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2019. Retrieved
Video_coding_format
Digital display interface
that the standard is royalty-free to implement. However, in March 2015, MPEG LA issued a press release stating that a royalty rate of $0.20 per unit applies
DisplayPort
Audiovisual media file format
any MPEG LA patents. As a result of the threat, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) started an investigation in March 2011 into the MPEG LA for
WebM
Serial bus interface standard
Companies holding IEEE 1394 intellectual property formed a patent pool with MPEG LA as the license administrator, to whom they licensed patents. The last of
IEEE_1394
Digital audio format
MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is an audio coding format developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany under
MP3
2018 open and royalty-free video coding format
with HEVC. Unlike previous MPEG standards where the technology in the standard could be licensed from a single entity, MPEG LA, when the HEVC standard was
AV1
television channels on this platform are all encoded in H.264 (MPEG-4) and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing tax which is included
List of digital television channels in Australia
List_of_digital_television_channels_in_Australia
2013 open and royalty-free video coding format
developed by Google. VP9 is the successor to VP8 and competes mainly with MPEG's High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265). At first, VP9 was mainly used
VP9
Compact encoding of digital data
"MPEG-2 Patent List" (PDF). MPEG LA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 7 July 2019. "MPEG-4 Visual - Patent List" (PDF). MPEG LA
Data_compression
Audio formats
MP1 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer I or MPEG-2 Audio Layer I) is a lossy audio codec and one of three audio formats included in the MPEG-1 standard. For
MPEG-1_Audio_Layer_I
Video encoding standard
MPEG-1 is a standard for lossy compression of video and audio. It is designed to compress VHS-quality raw digital video and CD audio down to about 1.5 Mbit/s
MPEG-1
Consortium in patent law
Act 501(c)(6) — i.e. industry specific nonprofits Patent holding company MPEG LA Tragedy of the anticommons United States v. Glaxo Group Ltd. (1973) The
Patent_pool
Open-source implementation of H.264 format
under the Simplified BSD license, and pay all royalties for its use to MPEG LA themselves for any software projects that use Cisco's precompiled binaries
OpenH264
American consumer electronics company
Curtis International and ViewSonic were sued for patent infringement by MPEG LA. In 2003, the company's then-president, CEO, and chairman, Richard I. Berger
Craig_Electronics
Lossy audio compression format
MP2 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer II or MPEG-2 Audio Layer II, sometimes incorrectly called Musicam) is a lossy audio compression format. It is standardised
MPEG-1_Audio_Layer_II
Digital video format used for storage network transmission
MPEG transport stream (MPEG-TS, MTS) or simply transport stream (TS) is a standard digital container format for transmission and storage of audio, video
MPEG_transport_stream
Standards for digital television in the US
Included in the ATSC Patent Portfolio License". MPEG LA. Retrieved July 11, 2019. "ATSC 3.0 Patent List". MPEG LA. Retrieved September 21, 2024. Joel Brinkley
ATSC_standards
Linux distribution
Center version offers an "Upgrade pack" to purchase patent licenses from MPEG-LA for DVD, MP3, WMV and a few other codecs. The Linpus system contains not
Linpus_Linux
2024 single by Emilia
"La Playlist" (stylized as "La_Playlist.mpeg") is a song by Argentine singer Emilia, released on 20 June 2024 through Sony Music Latin. She wrote it with
La_Playlist
Digital electronic representation of moving visual images
uncompressed formats, popular compressed digital video formats today include MPEG-2, H.264 and AV1. Modern interconnect standards used for playback of digital
Digital_video
Video compression standard
Versatile Video Coding (VVC), also known as H.266, ISO/IEC 23090-3, and MPEG-I Part 3, is a video compression standard finalized on 6 July 2020, by the
Versatile_Video_Coding
Lossy audio compression format
originally as part of the MPEG-2 specification but later improved under MPEG-4. AAC was designed to be the successor of the MP3 format (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
Advanced_Audio_Coding
License Briefing". MPEG LA. 2007-12-12. Archived from the original (PowerPoint) on 2007-07-31. "AVC/H264 Licensing costs and terms from MPEG LA". Archived from
Comparison_of_H.264_and_VC-1
Legal concept
licensing). Desktop and mobile OEMs should pay H.264 and HEVC patent fees to MPEG-LA. A licensor may grant permission to a licensee to distribute products under
License
Digital audiovisual data interface
Retrieved August 8, 2023. "DisplayPort License Fees". ViaLa. Retrieved March 2, 2024. "MPEG LA Introduces License for DisplayPort". Business Wire. March
HDMI
Superwideband speech audio coding standard
the EVS Patent Portfolio License". MPEG LA. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019. Via-LA Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback
Enhanced_Voice_Services
Chinese multinational technology company
lawsuits. In 2018, a German court ruled against Huawei and ZTE in favor of MPEG LA, which holds patents related to Advanced Video Coding. Huawei has been
Huawei
Extension to 3D film television standards
method and it is an amendment to the H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video compression standard, developed jointly by MPEG and VCEG, with the contributions from a number
Multiview_Video_Coding
Video coding format developed by Microsoft
in H.261, MPEG-1 Part 2, H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2, H.263, and MPEG-4 Part 2. It was widely characterized as an alternative to the ITU-T and MPEG video codec
VC-1
Entropy coding method
arithmetic coding (CABAC) is a form of entropy encoding used in the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standards. It is a lossless
Context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding
Context-adaptive_binary_arithmetic_coding
Built-in image viewer for Windows 8 and later
the preview builds via Microsoft Store, due to licensing fees imposed by MPEG LA Microsoft began charging USD 0.99 per Microsoft account following the public
Photos_(Windows)
Digital terrestrial television standard
system transmits compressed digital audio, digital video and other data in an MPEG transport stream, using coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
DVB-T
Implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Unix-based operating systems
options: Negotiate licences directly with individual media codec owners (e.g. MPEG-LA, Fraunhofer Society) Negotiate access to Microsoft's Media Pack as Novell
Moonlight_(runtime)
Video codec library
(formerly "XviD") is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 video coding standard, specifically MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP). It uses ASP
Xvid
MCA-compatible computer made by Tandy
original on September 17, 2025. Worley Jr., Regis C. (Spring 2002). "The MPEG LA Patent Pool: A Rule of Reason Analysis and Suggestion to Improve Procompetitiveness"
Tandy_5000_MC
Patent with delayed publication
February 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Ozer, Jan (2010-03-04). "Ogg, MPEG LA, and Submarine Patents". Streaming Media Magazine. Retrieved 2011-07-26
Submarine_patent
Consortium of large companies controlling DVD patents
2020, DVD6C was no longer granting licenses to new licensees. Patent pool MPEG LA Avanci Samsung joins DVD6C In Licensing DVD Patents (news), DVD6C Licensing
DVD6C
terrestrial television channels are encoded in H.264 and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing tax which is in included in the
List of free-to-air channels in New Zealand
List_of_free-to-air_channels_in_New_Zealand
4K and 8K digital video formats
and ISO/IEC JTC 1's MPEG that support Ultra-HD include: H.265/MPEG-H HEVC High Efficiency Video Coding (2013, revised 2014) H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Advanced Video
Ultra-high-definition television
Ultra-high-definition_television
Adoption of multimedia formats for the Web
themselves, rather than a multi-vendor community such as MPEG. Apple Inc., a member of the MPEG LA, has also opposed the inclusion of Ogg formats in the
Ogg_formats_in_HTML5
QPSK modulation. All HD channels are encoded in H.264 and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing tax which is included in the Freeview
List of DTT channels in the United Kingdom
List_of_DTT_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom
Greek academic
his MPEG patent, Columbia University became the only university in the MPEG LA patent pool. Revenue from the patent pool allowed Anastassiou to pursue
Dimitris_Anastassiou
Next-generation TV standard based on ATSC
frames per second, wide color gamut, high dynamic range, Dolby AC-4 and MPEG-H 3D Audio, datacasting capabilities, and more robust mobile television support
ATSC_3.0
Family of videocassette formats
SX camcorder MPEG IMX also known as D-10, is a 2000 development of the Digital Betacam format. Digital video compression uses H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2 encoding
Betacam
TV resolution standard
technical elements of the system included MPEG-2 video (with interlaced and progressive formats), Dolby AC-3 audio, MPEG-2 transport, System Information (SI)
High-definition_television
List of computer file compression formats
only) EVS MPEG-1 Audio and MPEG-2 Audio layer I (MP1) (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and non-ISO MPEG-2.5) FFmpeg (decoder only) layer II (MP2) (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and non-ISO
List_of_codecs
are trying to resell the solution as VC-1, without providing dues to the MPEG LA. However, this is currently a rumor and has not yet been challenged. H
High-definition pre-recorded media and compression
High-definition_pre-recorded_media_and_compression
Technical standard for digital televisions
similar to ISDB-T, except it utilizes the H.264 video codec rather than MPEG-2, and replaces BML with Ginga, a middleware supporting Nested Context Language
ISDB-T_International
Second revision of the DVB-T standard
Although Romania started DVB-T broadcasting in 2005 with the MPEG-2 standard for SD broadcast and MPEG 4 for HD, it was only experimental. In June 2011 Romania
DVB-T2
French analog color television system
to switch to that system, which happened in 1963 with the introduction of "la deuxième chaîne ORTF" France 2, the second national TV network. Further improvements
SECAM
Medium for transmitting moving images and sound
ISBN 978-0-306-48696-8. M. Le Blanc, "Etude sur la transmission électrique des impressions lumineuses", La Lumière Electrique, vol. 11, 1 December 1880,
Television
1998). "MPEG Audio Frame Header". Retrieved 2009-07-11. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 - Audio Subgroup. "MPEG Audio FAQ Version 9, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 BC". Archived
Comparison of audio coding formats
Comparison_of_audio_coding_formats
1940s and 1950s in American television
starring actors like: Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, John Wayne, Lash LaRue, Buster Crabbe, Bob Steele, Johnny Mack Brown, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard
Golden_Age_of_Television
Topics referred to by the same term
Versatile Video Coding, a video compression standard developed by ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG Victor Valley College, of Victorville, California Virtual
VVC
Television information retrieval service
History UK. Galaup, Laura (1 November 2020). "El teletexto no pasa de moda en la cárcel: los jueces avalan su prohibición tras detectar que sirve a reclusos
Teletext
from the original on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2017-02-24. "An introduction to MPEG-TS" (PDF). "lzfse/lzfse". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-10-16. "ROBLOX File Format"
List_of_file_signatures
Analog video broadcast television system
2007, moving to BS-digital channel 103. Subsampling lives on in modern MPEG systems based on JPEG coding, as JPEG offers Chroma sub-sampling. High quality
Analog high-definition television
Analog_high-definition_television
In 1880, French physicist Maurice Leblanc published an article "Etude sur la transmission électrique des impressions lumineuses" ("Study on the electric
History_of_television
Italian audio engineer
Processing of Musical Sound". She served as chief technology officer at MPEG LA and as a vice president at Digital Theater Systems (DTS). At Dolby Laboratories
Marina_Bosi
Japanese standard for digital television and radio
are all based on MPEG-2, MPEG-4, or HEVC standard for multiplexing with transport stream structure and video and audio coding (MPEG-2, H.264, or HEVC)
ISDB
TV systems with screen resolution lower than standard-definition
2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-06-27. A, Jean-Baptiste (2013-04-08). "YouTube propose la résolution 144p pour ses vidéos - KultureGeek". kulturegeek.fr (in French)
Low-definition_television
Television that relies on a scanning device to display images
Sight'", The Literary Digest, January 2, 1910, pp. 138–139. Henry de Varigny, "La vision à distance Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine", L'Illustration
Mechanical_television
Color encoding system for analogue television
March 2022. "La guerra della tv a colori". 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2025. "La tv a colori in
PAL
Practice of encoding color images
All ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG H.26x video coding standards including H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2 implementations (although some profiles of MPEG-4 Part 2 and
Chroma_subsampling
Australian musician (born 1986)
music. They commenced in 1987. The Music Producer and Engineers’ Guild (MPEG Awards) Awards celebrate excellence in music production and engineering in
Kevin_Parker
Analog television system
"Proceso de apagón analógico: conoce las fechas y zonas donde se aplicará la medida" [Analog shutdown process: know the dates and zones where the measure
NTSC
television channels were launched that use the MPEG-4 format, unlike most of Europe, which uses MPEG-2. Pay-per-view terrestrial channels use H.264.
Television_in_France
November 2019). "RCA: la rénovation encours de la télévision nationale". Ndjonisango.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023. La llegada de la televisión en colores
Timeline of the introduction of color television in countries and territories
Timeline_of_the_introduction_of_color_television_in_countries_and_territories
Portrayal of sexual subject matter
too. In the early 2000s, Wicked Pictures pushed for the adoption of the MPEG-4 file format ahead of others, this later became the most commonly used format
Pornography
Digital optical disc format
Blu-ray Disc Video use MPEG transport streams, compared to DVD's MPEG program streams. An MPEG transport stream contains one or more MPEG program streams, so
Blu-ray
technologies. In 2019, V-Nova contributions were selected by MPEG for what became MPEG-5 Part 2, Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC), and
V-NOVA
1930s analog standard-definition television resolution standard
the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-07-05. "441 LIGNES – Histoire de la Télévision en France et dans le monde jusqu'en 1956 – Préambule". television
455-line_television_system
Korean shareware media player
and WavPack. For video it supports the following formats: H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, WMV and Ogg Theora. JetAudio features a number of built-in sound
JetAudio
1980's high-definition analog broadcast television standard
but was in fact simply coded/compressed data, in a similar way to later MPEG digital compression techniques, with a compression rate of 5:1, starting
HD-MAC
1940s French analogue high-definition television system
nord-est de la France la région-témoin de la concurrence en matière de télévision". Le Monde. Rozat, Pascal (October 14, 2022). "Histoire de la télévision:
819_line
compression algorithms that would be standardised as the: MPEG-1, layer 3 (mp3), and later the MPEG-2, layer 7 Advanced Audio Compression (AAC). 1989: The
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
1973 film by Robin Hardy
Footage Premiere Report". DreadCentral. Hardy, Robin. "RM-051.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)". Rue Morgue Radio. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved
The_Wicker_Man
2013 full-frame mirrorless camera
format MPEG-4, AVCHD (28 Mbit/s) 1080p MPEG-4, AVCHD (28 Mbit/s), XAVC S (50 Mbit/s) 1080p MPEG-4, AVCHD (28 Mbit/s), XAVC S (100 Mbit/s) 4K video MPEG-4,
Sony_α7
Television channel
Discovery Italia) to high definition, while switching its encoding from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4. On 26 March 2024, WWE's official commentators for the network, Michele
DMAX_(Italian_TV_channel)
Supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
orbits of 7 stars (arXiv preprint) ESO video clip of orbiting star (533 KB MPEG Video) The Proper Motion of Sgr A* and the Mass of Sgr A* (PDF) NRAO article
Sagittarius_A*
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
November 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2010. Hardy, Robin. "RM-051.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)". Rue Morgue Radio. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved
Christopher_Lee
1975 American crime drama film by Sidney Lumet
Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2026. MPEG staff 2012. Academy Awards staff 2020. Premi David Di Donatello 2020. DGA
Dog_Day_Afternoon
Telecoms research institute in Italy
founded and chaired the international MPEG group, that released and test audio-video standards such as MPEG-1, MP3, MPEG-4 in cooperation with several companies
CSELT
2007 film by Ethan and Joel Coen
gave the video quality an almost full mark. It stated that "with its AVC MPEG-4 video on BD-50, the picture quality of No Country for Old Men stands on
No_Country_for_Old_Men
2000 film by Christopher Nolan
commentary by director Christopher Nolan. The single-layer disc features an MPEG-2 1080p transfer and PCM 5.1 surround audio. The film was also released on
Memento_(film)
American software engineer
anti-theft key, and digital image and video compression research (wavelets and MPEG-2). From 1992 through 1995, Adler was the Lead Mission Engineer on the Cassini–Huygens
Mark_Adler
and an upgrade on YouTube TV. YouTube primarily uses the VP9 and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video codecs, and the Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP protocol
List_of_YouTube_features
providers: All DTH services in India currently use the MPEG-4 standard of signal compression. MPEG-2 permitted each transponder to carry approximately 20
Direct-to-home television in India
Direct-to-home_television_in_India
MPEG LA
MPEG LA
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Greek, Welsh
Pearl; Based on the Abbreviation Meg
Female
English
Pet form of English Peg, PEGGY means "pearl." It is a variant spelling of Meggie, the pet form of Meg. The reason for the change from "M" to "P," which also occurs in Molly and Polly, is not known.
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Wild goat. In the Old Testament, Jael committed murder by driving a tent peg through a male...
Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of Swedish Larsson, Danish and Norwegian Larsen.English
Americanized form of Swedish Larsson, Danish and Norwegian Larsen.English : patronymic from a pet form of Lawrence.
Female
English
Short form of English Peggy, PEG means "pearl."
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek, Welsh
Pearl; Based on the Abbreviation Meg
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Irish, Latin
Pearl; Diminutive; Diminutive of Margaret which Developed from Rhyming with Meg
Girl/Female
Greek Persian English
Pearl.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Latin, Welsh
Love; Pearl; Great and Mighty; Diminutive of Margaret; Rain
Girl/Female
Australian, Welsh
Pearl; Based on the Abbreviation Meg
Girl/Female
Greek American Persian
Pearl.
Surname or Lastname
North German variant of Laas 2.Jewish (Ashkenazic)
North German variant of Laas 2.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained.English : nickname from Middle English lesse, lasse ‘smaller’ (from Old English lǣssa ‘less’), perhaps also used in the sense ‘younger’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from Leyland in Lancashire (recorded in Domesday Book as Lailand), or from Laylands in Yorkshire; both are named from Old English lǣge ‘untilled ground’ + land ‘land’, ‘estate’. In some cases the name may be topographical.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, Greek, Welsh
Pearl; Based on the Abbreviation Meg
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
Polish (LatuÅ›)
Polish (Latuś) : from a derivative of lato ‘summer’ (see Lato).English : unexplained.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, Greek, Welsh
Pearl; Based on the Abbreviation Meg
Girl/Female
Gaelic
Peg.
Female
English
Pet form of English Margaret, MEG means "pearl."
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
A Pearl
MPEG LA
MPEG LA
Boy/Male
Indian
A Shield
Girl/Female
Greek French
Maiden.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roebuck.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Praising (God), Loving (God), Friend, Praiser, All-laudable
Male
English
Short form of English Ernest, ERN means "battle (to the death), serious business."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Servant of the exalted (Allah)
Girl/Female
French American Teutonic Latin German
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Culture (Sanskirti)
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Little Baby
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sun
MPEG LA
MPEG LA
MPEG LA
MPEG LA
MPEG LA
v. t.
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
n.
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
n.
A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
n.
A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
n.
A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
n.
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
v. t.
To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
v. i.
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
n.
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.
v. t.
To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
n.
Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.
n.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
n.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
n.
A wooden peg for hanging things on.
n.
A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
imp. & p. p.
of Peg
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Peg