peatry

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/ˈpitɹi/

A form of peatery — A peat bog; an area covered by peat, or from which peat is extracted.

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Meanings

nounpeatry (plural peatries)

plural peatries

  1. ScotlandalternativeespeciallyrareAlternative form of peatery.

    [...] had a peatry which yielded thousands annually; […]

    1895, John Mackintosh, The History of Civilisation in Scotland, page 346
    3 more examples

    […] his peatry, as I hear, / By virtue of his daughter, makes thousands a year.

    1868, James Maidment, A Book of Scotish Pasquils, 1568-1715, page 225

    [...] the peatries and turbaries, the coal fields, quarries, stone, and limestone; […]

    1878, John Mackintosh, The History of Civilisation in Scotland, page 232

    Here also are the peatries, where no end of that valuable commodity may yet be had.

    1901 June 5, Dundee Advertiser, section 5

Origin

Alternative form of peatery.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Tarpeyteparyaptery
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APA

peatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peatry

MLA

“peatry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peatry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peatry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peatry.

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