Peat vs Keat - What's the difference?
peat | keat |
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.
(obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
* 1594 , , I. i. 78 :
As nouns the difference between peat and keat
is that peat is soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas while keat is misspelling of lang=en.peat
English
Etymology 1
Origin unknown; perhaps a borrowing from an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source.Noun
Derived terms
* peatySee also
* (wikipedia)Etymology 2
Compare .Noun
(en noun)- And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat !