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The first person that drank was to empty the tankard to the first peg or pin; the second was to empty to the next pin, &c.; by which means the pins were so many measures to the compotators, making them all drink alike, or the same quantity; and as the distance of the pins was such as to contain a large draught of liquor, the company would be very liable by this method to get drunk, especially when, if they drank short of the pin, or beyond it, they were obliged to drink again.
What has happened, evidently, is that peg acquired the sense of step, measure, degree hence take (someone) down a peg meant reduce (someone) by a measurable amount, and this is borne out by the OED at peg, sb . 1 3, (with variants) which has citations going back to 1589.
"low" and behold : William Safire laments the end of an era in his "On Language" column in the NYT Magazine . In the latest edition of the New York Times Manual of Style and Usage , the guide for writers and editors of the lauded paper, the capital letter has been taken down a peg.
It would be wrong to give away what happens next, but the consequence of the squadron's action is ham-handedly predictable and, morally speaking, takes the picture down a peg.