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steg¹

  • /stɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

Where it comes from

Clipping of steganography.

verb stegs · stegging · stegged

  1. informal, transitive To conceal (data) by means of steganography. Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values.

steg²

  • /stɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

Where it comes from

From Middle English steg, from Old Norse steggr, a word for the male of several animals, from Proto-Germanic *staggijaz. Compare stag.

noun stegs · stag

  1. obsolete A gander. […]the males [geese] (Gander or Steg)

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"steg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/steg.

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@misc{steg_2026,
  title = {steg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/steg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}