Definition of peat

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Peat (n.) A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

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Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter..
Dephlegmation :: Dephlegmation (n.) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it..
Iterant :: Iterant (a.) Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo..
Hammer :: Hammer (v. i.) To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer..
Infinite :: Infinite (a.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated..
Seannachie :: Seannachie (n.) A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist..
Repeat :: Repeat (v. t.) To repay or refund (an excess received).
Repeat :: Repeat (v. t.) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
Epanalepsis :: Epanalepsis (n.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.
Din :: Din (n.) To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.
Duplicate :: Duplicate (n.) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original..
Frequent :: Frequent (n.) Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits..
Fuel :: Fuel (n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc..
Scale :: Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..
Repeat :: Repeat (v. t.) To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem..
Uniterable :: Uniterable (a.) Not iterable; incapable of being repeated.
Antanaclasis :: Antanaclasis (n.) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft..
Ingeminate :: Ingeminate (a.) Redoubled; repeated.
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate..
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