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Definition of Peats

Peat
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.]
Peat
Peat Peat, n. [Cf. Pet a fondling.] A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.] --Shak.

Meaning of Peats from wikipedia

- America). Peat material is either fibric, hemic, or sapric. Fibric peats are the least decomposed and consist of intact fibre. Hemic peats are partially...
- A bog or bogland is a wetland that ac****ulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materialsoften mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four...
- of Origin series. Peats was born in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia and is of Gr**** and Indigenous Australian descent. Peats is eligible to play...
- Look up Peat or peat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peat is an ac****ulation of deca**** vegetation matter. Peat may also refer to: Peat (surname)...
- "KPMG" stands for "Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler". The initialism was chosen when KMG (Klynveld Main Goerdeler) merged with Peat Marwick in 1987. KPMG is...
- South Sydney. He primarily pla**** at hooker. He is the father of Nathan Peats. Peats joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 1989. He made his first grade...
- 1991-93 and 1996-98 three-peats of NBA Championships. Phil Jackson was the head coach of the Bulls for both of these three-peats, and serving in that same...
- conditions. Both bridges are maintained by Transport for NSW. Peats Ferry, a ferry operated by George Peat from 1847 until the 1890s, provided a local crossing...
- Peats Ridge is a suburb in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, as part of the Central Coast Council local government area. Peats Ridge...
- The name coco peat may refer either to coir or the pith or a mixture, as both have good water-retaining properties as a substitute for peat. The name coir...