peathagg

A slough in places from whence peat has been dug. ( Scotch.) "Forced to the mo -flows and peat - haggs , there to hear the word."- Scott : Old Mortality , ch. viii. peat-mo , s. 1. The sphagnum which produces peat (q. v.). 2. A deposit of peat in which such mo es grow. or simply a peat-bog, of whatever material the peat may be composed. Such a mo is sometimes forty feet deep, the sphagnum having its lower part decayed and made into peat while the upper part still lives. Beneath there is sometimes a stratum of bog-iron ore (q.v.). The banks of the Shannon are lined with peat-mo at intervals on both sides. peat-reek, s. The smoke from peat. Peat - reek flavor : The peculiar flavor communicated to Irish or Scotch whisky in consequence of peat having been used as fuel during the proce of its distillation. peat-soil, s . A soil mixed with peat; the soil of a peat-mo or bog that has been reclaimed for agricultural purposes. peat (2), s. [PET.] A pet, a favorite. "Ye are baith a pair o' the devil's peats , I trow."- Scott : Heart of Mid- Lothian , ch. xvii. *peat-lět, s . [Eng. peat ; dim in. suff. -let .] A small peat-bog. "Cavan, we are told, has no fewer than 90 peatlets or small bogs."-London Morning Chronicle. peat-y, a. [Eng. peat; -y.] Resembling peat; containing or composed of peat.