Seg
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A man; warrior; hero. archaic
- 2 A castrated farm animal. Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
- 3 Segregation. US, slang, uncountable
"[…] when a prisoner is transferred or paroled or sent to "seg" (segregation) or hauled back into court, they don't ask if he's busy with a lead role in a play."
- 4 A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.
- 5 Sedge.
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- 6 Clipping of segment. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations."
- 7 A man; fellow. UK, dialectal
- 8 A callus, an area of hardened skin. dialectal
- 9 Gladen, or other species of Iris.
"In one district of Stronsa, I observed several acres covered with the common yellow flag, or seg (iris pseudacorus,) of which a very coarse kind of hay is here made."
- 1 Designated for people of color not-comparable
"Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges."
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More examples"[…] when a prisoner is transferred or paroled or sent to "seg" (segregation) or hauled back into court, they don't ask if he's busy with a lead role in a play."
Etymology
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).
Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).
Clipping of segregation.
See sedge.
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