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Definition of Peaty
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat.
Definition of Peaty
1. a. Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat.
Definition of Peaty
1. Adjective. Of or resembling peat, especially the taste or smell. ¹
2. Adjective. Containing peat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peaty
1. resembling or containing peat [adj PEATIER, PEATIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peaty
Literary usage of Peaty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"He found that peaty waters can be partially purified by an admixture of hard ...
Also that when a mixture of hard water and soft peaty water was softened by ..."
2. Water-supply: (considered Principally from a Sanitary Standpoint) by William Pitt Mason (1916)
"The mineral waters of Askern, in Yorkshire, England, are about saturated with
peaty material from the neighboring bogs, and have for many years bee.n ..."
3. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"The peaty material having been brought from the moor in lamps is put into a kind
of pug-mill moved by steam-power, and which reduces the peaty substance to ..."
4. A Handbook of chemical technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner, Rudolf Wagner, William Crookes (1877)
"The peaty material having been brought from the moor iii lumps is put into a kind
of pug-mill moved by steam-power, and which reduces the peaty substance to ..."
5. Chemical Fertilizers and Parasiticides by Sidney Hoare Collins (1920)
"Lime and basic slag are necessary for starting cultivation on these peaty soils,
although, after plants have been established, attention should be paid to ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Prop, by seeds, sown in spring in peaty soil or cut monoecious, fascicled: fr.
about the size of a cherry, spherical, green, with pretty white markings. ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"On the Formation of peaty Colouring Matters in Sewage by the ... having similar
properties to the colouring matters in natural peaty waters. ..."
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