Skag vs Skeg - What's the difference?
skag | skeg |
(nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
(nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
(obsolete) A sort of wild plum.
(obsolete) A kind of oat.
* 1842 , Cuthbert William Johnson, The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs
(Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
In nautical terms the difference between skag and skeg
is that skag is alternative form of lang=en while skeg is a similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.skeg
English
(wikipedia skeg)Noun
(en noun)- (Holland)
- SKEGS . A kind of oat, sometimes cultivated as a crop in Nottinghamshire. It is the Avena stipiformis of Linnaeus.