Home › Words › P › peatingpeatingpeating means kilning over burning peat, a process used in whisky production to impart an earthy, smoky flavour.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, peating ranks #1,465 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom peat + -ing.nounKilning over burning peat, a process used in whisky production to impart an earthy, smoky flavour.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).