Chiefly Scottish. Marshy, boggy; peaty, peatlike. In quot. 1522: †of the colour of peaty soil (obsolete).
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [adjective] > organic > peat (5) mossya1522 Chiefly Scottish. Marshy, boggy; peaty, peatlike. In quot. 1522: †of the colour of peaty soil (obsolete). turfy1660 Of the nature of or abounding in turf or peat; peaty. peaty1723 Of the nature of or resembling peat; containing peat; tasting distinctively of peat. ketty1872 Having bad flesh; carrion-like; rotten, foul, nasty; worthless. Of soil: Soft, peaty. turfen1903 Made of or covered with turf; turfy. |
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