peatry

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English

Etymology

Alternative form of peatery.

Pronunciation

Noun

peatry (plural peatries)

  1. (rare, especially Scotland) Alternative form of peatery.
    • 1868, James Maidment, A Book of Scotish Pasquils, 1568-1715, page 225:
      [] his peatry, as I hear, / By virtue of his daughter, makes thousands a year.
    • 1878, John Mackintosh, The History of Civilisation in Scotland, page 232:
      [...] the peatries and turbaries, the coal fields, quarries, stone, and limestone; []
    • 1895, John Mackintosh, The History of Civilisation in Scotland, page 346:
      [...] had a peatry which yielded thousands annually;  []
    • 1901 June 5, Dundee Advertiser, section 5:
      Here also are the peatries, where no end of that valuable commodity may yet be had.