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Peat
(), n.[Cf. Pet a fondling.] A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.] Shak.
Peat
n.[Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make the fire burn better, fr. AS. btan to better, mend (a fire), bt 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.]
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