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Peat : (noun)
1: partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water;
can be used as a fuel when dried
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Peat : \Peat\, n. [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make
the fire burn better, fr. AS. b?tan to better, mend (a fire),
b?t advantage. See Better, Boot advantage.]
A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and
fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and
found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations,
where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is
often dried and used for fuel.
Peat bog, a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in
such places; peat moss.
Peat moss.
(a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat.
(b) A fen producing peat.
(c) (Bot.) Moss of the genus Sphagnum, which often grows
abundantly in boggy or peaty places.
Peat reek, the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the
peculiar flavor given to whisky by being distilled with
peat as fuel. [Scot.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Peat : \Peat\, n. [Cf. Pet a fondling.]
A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
[Obs.] --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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