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• peat bank — noun : a place from which peat is cut * * * peat bank, peat bed, peat bog, peatˈland, peat moor or peat moss noun 1. A region, bog, moor, etc, covered with peat 2. A place from which peat is dug • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• peat hag — noun : ground from which peat has been cut * * * peat hag, broken ground from which peats have been dug: »As the heathery hill rose, it broke into peat hags (London Times) …   Useful english dictionary

• peat — c.1200, in Scottish L., probably from O.Celt. root *pett (Cf. Cornish peyth, Welsh peth quantity, part, thing, O.Ir. pet, Breton pez piece ). The earliest sense is not of the turf but of the cut piece of it …   Etymology dictionary

• peat — peat1 /peet/, n. 1. a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel. 2. such vegetable matter used as fertilizer or fuel. [1300 50; ME pete (cf. AL… …   Universalium

• peat bog — noun wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel • Syn: ↑bog • Derivationally related forms: ↑boggy (for: ↑bog) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• peat — [[t]pit[/t]] n. 1) gel a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel 2) such vegetable matter used as fertilizer or fuel • Etymology: 1300–50; ME… …   From formal English to slang

• peat´like´ — peat1 «peet», noun. 1. a kind of heavy turf made of partly rotted moss and other plants, especially sphagnum moss. It is used as a fertilizer or especially as fuel in Ireland, Great Britain, and other parts of the world where there are many peat… …   Useful english dictionary

• peat —   a type of soil formed in cold wet conditions which inhibit full and proper decomposition of the litter layer. Semi decomposed leaves and other litter material remain recognizable within the soil which can be cut, dried and burned as fuel in… …   Geography glossary

• peat — /pit / (say peet) noun 1. a highly organic soil (more than fifty per cent combustible) of partially decomposed vegetable matter, in marshy or damp regions, drained and cultivated, cut out and dried for use as fuel. 2. such vegetable matter as a… …  

• peat — n. 1 vegetable matter decomposed in water and partly carbonized, used for fuel, in horticulture, etc. 2 a cut piece of this. Derivatives: peaty adj. Etymology: ME f. AL peta, perh. f. Celt.: cf. PIECE …   Useful english dictionary

• Nathan Peat — Peat playing for North Ferriby United Personal information Full name …   Wikipedia