Pronunciation : Skeg
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. sk a wood, Sw. skog. Cf. Shaw.]
Definition : 1. A sort of wild plum. [Obs.] Holland.
2. pl.
Defn: A kind of oats. Farm. Encyc.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913