Skeg
Skeg , noun
[Prov. English, also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; compare Icelandic sk{not transcribed}gr a wood, Swedish skog. Compare Shaw.]
1.
A sort of wild plum. [Obsolete] — Holland
2.
A kind of oats. — Farm. Encyc
3.
(Nautical) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.