Толковый словарь английского языка - peat
Peat
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English pete piece of ~, from Medieval Latin peta, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Cornish peyth bit, Welsh peth thing Date: 14th century turf 2b, partially carbonized vegetable tissue formed by partial decomposition in water of various plants (as mosses of the genus Sphagnum), ~y adjective II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1599 a bold lively woman
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n. 1 vegetable matter decomposed in water and partly carbonized, used for fuel, in horticulture, etc. 2 a cut piece of this. Derivatives peaty adj. Etymology: ME f. AL peta, perh. f. Celt.: cf. PIECE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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