peat

1. n. A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried Source: wordnet

4. A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.] Shak. 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.] Source: webster

5. A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.]Shak. Source: adambom

6. n:100 n. partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried Source: ecdict

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