peatmoor (petmor)

Same as peat - mo . In the United States such deposits are called swamps or bogs. See peat1 and peat -mo . Peat is very largely dug in the moorlands of Somersets hire, near Edington and Shapwick, between Glastonbury and High bridge. Some of these beds have been worked 2. The green finch, Ligurinus chloris. pea-shell (pē'shel), n. Same as peasecod. pea-sheller (pē'shel"ėr), n. A contrivance for for fuel from the time of the Romans, and probably earlier. taking peas from their pods. pea-shooter (pēʻshö"ter), n. A toy or contrivance consisting of a small tube through which peas or pellets may be blown. "What do they do with the pea -shooters?" inquires Tom. "Do wi' 'em! why, peppers every one's comes near, 'cept the younges, and breaks winces as them too, some on 'em shoots so hard." we while others are of more recent formation. The peat moors or "turbary lands" have an irregular distribution; and the peat, which in places is 14 or 15 feet thick, is due largely to the growth of the common sedge (Carex), whence Sedgemoor derives its name. Woodward, Geol. of England and Wales (2d ed.), p. 536. peat-mo (pēt môs), n. 1. Mo entering into the composition of or producing peat; mo of the genus Sphagnum.-2. A peat-bog or -swamp: a name frequently given in Great Britain to those accumulations of peaty matter known as peat - bogs. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, I. iv. Peaslee's operation. See operation . peasont, n. An obsolete plural of peasel . pea-soup (pē ́söp), n. A soup made chiefly of which in the United States are commonly peas.