1) Answer seen in favourite fuel 2) Bed material 3) Bog accumulation 4) Bog base 5) Bog buildup 6) Bog burnable 7) Bog collection 8) Bog component 9) Bog contents 10) Bog filling 11) Bog find 12) Bog fuel 13) Bog harvest 14) Bog material 15) Bog matter 16) Bog moss 17) Bog product 18) Bog slab 19) Bog stuff
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1) Fuel 2) Turf
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• (n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel. • (n.) A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.Pe...
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an organic fuel consisting of spongy material formed by the partial decomposition of organic matter, primarily plant material, in wetlands such as ... [13 related articles]
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Caused by the growth of plant material in waterlogged conditions. Because there is no oxygen available below the upper surface there is no rotting taking place so the vegetation is preserved and builds up over time. In later years when the bog is drained, the peat can be dug out and used as fuel.
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Partially decomposed vegetable matter - in the absence of bacteria and oxygen, such organic material survives. It will preserve some materials that are in it, as it is usually acidic. Skin can be preserved in peat bogs - acting like a natural tannery, but bone will be dissolved. Pollen can be preserved in stratified layers with a peat bog, making ...
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1. <chemical> A piece of turf cut for use as a fuel. ... 2. <botany> A mass of partially carbonised plant tissue formed by partial decomposition in water of various plants and especially. Of mosses of the genus Sphagnum, widely found in many parts of the world, varying in consistency from a turf to a slime used as a fertiliser, as stabl...
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Compressed, decaying vegetable matter which is cut from bogs and used for fuel in the kilns. It gives off a pungent smoke when burnt which is very influential in the aroma of a whisky. In particular Islay whiskies use a large amount in the process of making their whiskies.
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a soil consisting of partially decomposed plant remains in which the contributing plant species can still be identified; an organic soil as opposed to mineral soils.
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A soft brown mass of compressed, partially decomposed vegetation that forms in a water-saturated environment and has a carbon content of 50%. Dried peat can be burned as fuel.
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An accumulation of unconsolidated plant debris that if buried and preserved could become coal. Speci
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Organic matter that is formed when plant remains from bogs or heathland is prevented from decaying past a certain point through lack of oxygen
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A soil type; partly decomposed organic matter that has accumulated under excessive moisture.
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A type of soil made up of partially decomposed remains of bog plants which have deposited on top of each other for thousands of years.
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Peat noun [ Confer
Pet a fondling.] A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [ Obsolete]
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An accumulation of partly carbonized plant material containing approximately 60% carbon and 30% oxygen. It is considered an early stage, or rank, in the development of coal.
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A dark, partially decayed organic matter formed in the wetlands. It is formed when full decay is arrested by acidic conditions, and when oxygen is not present. Over thousands of years of decomposition it becomes a flammable substance, traditionally used to fire the malted barley kilns. Its flavour is very intense and is oft associated with tar, bit...
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A marsh or swamp deposit of water-soaked plant remains containing more than 50 percent carbon.
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A brown, soil-like deposit created by an absorbent moss native to boggy regions — and found en masse in the country of Scotland — that is often cultivated and dried to be added to whisky recipes. Peat is one of the primary ingredients that gives scotch its distinct smoky flavor and aroma. A “peated” whisky is one that has peat added to its ...
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a deposit consisting of decayed or partially decayed humified plant remains.
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A bio-fuel from just below grassy sod used to dry wet malts after germination with its signature blue smoke.
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noun partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
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Click images to enlargeOrganic matter found in bogs and formed by the incomplete decomposition of plants such as sphagnum moss. Northern Asia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, and other places have large deposits, which have been dried and used as fuel from ancient times. Peat can also be used as a soil additive. Peat bogs began...
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Compressed, decayed vegetable matter cut from peat bogs and used as fuel. The pungent smoke it gives off when burnt is used in the malting of barley intended for certain Scottish malt whiskies, especially on Islay.
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A thickness of partially decayed vegetation, formed in wet anaerobic ground.
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