bakie

[Eng. bake; ie.] The name given to a kind of peat. ( Scotch.) "When brought to a proper consistence, a woman, on each side of the line, kneads or bakes this paste into ma es of the shape and size of peats, and spreads them in rows on the gra . From the manner of the operation, these peats are called Bakies ."-Dr. Walker: Prize E ays, Highl . Soc., ii., 124. (Jamie8011.)