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peta

1 peta [ME pete < W. peth, Cornish peyth] , piece of peat, turf. 1159 de mora de E. ad fodiendum ~as Regesta Scot. 131 p. 193 (cf. ib.: ad fodiendum turvas)); c1190 concessisse ‥ petariam ita ut ‥ homines mei de E. habeant aisiamentum ipsius terre ad expandendum ibi pethas suas Ib. II 317; c1230 ~as et turbas quantum necesse habuerint ad domos suas Melrose 209; c1273 habeant etiam communam ‥ de turbis et ~is fodiendis, siccandis et capiendis ubique in turbario (Congleton) BBC 79; 1307 fodere ~as et turbas ChartR 93 m. 12; 1437 reservatis nobis ‥ omnibus commoditatibus in moris nostris et marresiis, ~is viz., bruerio et glebis nostris Cop. Pri. S. Andr. 128; pro igne habendo carbonibus et petris seu peltis ‥ utuntur Major I 6 p. 26; 1545 de precio turbarum et ~arum foditarum et cariatarum extra moram ‥ xxvij li. vj s. vj d. Rutland MSS Ac. Bailiff.
2 peta v. poeta

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