Definition of peat

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Peat (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..

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Readjournment :: Readjournment (n.) The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation..
Afflictive :: Afflictive (a.) Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
Existence :: Existence (n.) Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war..
Epizeuxis :: Epizeuxis (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -.
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
Repeating :: Repeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repea.
Repeat :: Repeat (n.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance..
Turbinaceous :: Turbinaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy..
Decuple :: Decuple (n.) A number ten times repeated.
Iterable :: Iterable (a.) Capable of being iterated or repeated.
Peaty :: Peaty (a.) Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat.
Record :: Record (v. t.) To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.
Tramp :: Tramp (v. i.) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..
Babble :: Babble (v. i.) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding..
Repetitioner :: Repetitioner (n.) One who repeats.
Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. i.) To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance..
Chiasmus :: Chiasmus (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence.
Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another..
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