P

vb. (Metal Working) To peen.

 - vb. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

 - n. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing ...