jeg
(dʒɛg)
[With sense 1 cf. Jack n.1 31; with 2 cf. jedge, jadge.]
† 1. = Jack n.1 31, a young pike. Obs.
| 1611 Cotgr., Lanceron, a leg, or Iacke; a Pickerell thats about a foot long. 1708 Motteux Rabelais iv. lx. (1737) 246 [in a list of fish, shell-fish, etc.] Jegs. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Jeg, a templet or gage..for verifying shapes of parts in gun and gun-stock making. |