seg

plural segs · alternative obsolete segge

1. archaicA man; warrior; hero.
2. UKdialectalA man; fellow.

plural segs

1. ScotlandUKdialectalobsoleteA castrated farm animal.

1. USslanguncountableSegregation.

   […] 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.

   1988 July 15, Albert Williams, “Prison Drama”, in Chicago Reader

1. not comparableDesignated for people of color

   Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.

plural segs

1. UKA shoe protector (metal stud or plate affixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear).

   Coordinate term: hobnail

   Synonyms: blakey

2. dialectalA callus, an area of hardened skin.

1. Sedge.
2. Gladen, or other species of Iris.

   It's also believed that anyone who bites a seg will develop an impediment of speech, such as a stammer.

   2019, Roy Vickery, Vickery's Folk Flora, page lxxiii

   2 more examples

   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.

   1805 January, “Observations made in a Tour through parts of Orkney and Shetland in 1894”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 67, number 1, page 26

   Boats were made of wood, paper or segs (the leaves of the yellow flag). For some reason, children in Stenness (O) were warned that if they chewed seg leaves they would become dumb.

   2020, Ernest Marwick, The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland

plural segs

1. abbreviationclippingbroadcastingClipping of segment.

   The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.

   1951 December 15, Billboard, page 6

   1 more example

   In 1992, Mort's doing a political/chat show for the Christian Scientists Monitor Channel, and in January did a seg singing praises for Garrison.

   1992 February 2, Mitzel, “Clay Shaw, The Quean Network & That Kennedy Killing”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 12

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Smart Export Guarantee.
2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Society of Economic Geologists.
3. abbreviationAbbreviation of Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
4. abbreviationhistoricalAbbreviation of Southern Examining Group.
5. abbreviationAbbreviation of Special Escort Group.