Peat
Peat (pēt) , noun
[Compare Pet a fondling.]
A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Peat , noun
[Probably for beat, prop., material used to make the fire burn better, from Anglo-Saxon bētan to better, mend (a fire), bōt 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.
Collocations (3)
Peat bog , a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in such places; peat moss.
Peat moss (Botany) , (a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat (b) A fen producing peat 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. [Scottish]