SKEG

Skeg (?), n. [[Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. sk�gr a wood, Sw. skog. Cf. Shaw.]] 1. 1. A sort of wild plum. Holland.
2. 2. pl. A kind of oats. Farm. Encyc.
3. 3. (Naut.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.