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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peat \Peat\, n. [Cf. {Pet} a fondling.] A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peat n : partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; used as a fuel when dried
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