Keg

//kɛɡ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

    "He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with his load."

  2. 2
    small cask or barrel wordnet
  3. 3
    the quantity contained in a keg wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To store in a keg. transitive

    "He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit."

  2. 2
    The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank. UK

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects.

Etymology 2

From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects.

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