peatsoil (petsoil)

A soil mixed with peat; the soil of a peat-mo or -bog that has been reclaimed for agricultural purposes. peat-spade (pet's pad), n. A spade having a wing set at right angles to its blade, for convenience in cutting blocks of peat from a bank. peaty (pē'ti), a. [ peat1 + -y1.] Resembling peat; abounding in peat; composed of peat. Peaucellier cell. See cell. peau d'orange (po do-ronzh'). [F., lit. 'orange skin': peau, skin; d ' for de, of; orange, orange.] In ceram., a decoration consisting in a slight roughening of the surface with bo es resembling those of the skin of an orange. peavey (pē'vi), n. [Named from the inventor.] A lumberman's cant-hook having a strong spike at the end.